Ted Rall for March 11, 2015
March 09, 2015
March 12, 2015
Transcript:
Analysis of spy agency websites found that 32% of the CIA's pages have spelling and grammatical errors- the worst rate found. (Man 1: They used "irregardless"?!?) (Man 2: Our web guy'd be beheaded for that!) "Their" vs. "They're" "it's" vs. "its" "emigrate" vs "immigrate""heroin" vs "heroine" very sloppy. (Man: continuous war, not continual!) At the CIA, quality is clearly not job one. Even the public face of the agency is rushed out. The attitude is: good enough for government work. (Man 1: We'll funnel the weapons across the Wyoming border-) Which explains their even higher mistake rate (98%) when no one is watching. (Man: Potheads)
braindead Premium Member about 9 years ago
Their spelling and grammar matches the quality of their intelligence work.
They kind of missed a few things — the 9/11 attacks, Iraq not having nucular weapons, etc. Nothing of real importance, maybe, but still.
twclix about 9 years ago
The reason spelling has gotten so bad is that we now have machines that spell for us. It is like many skills humans used to have, but no longer do. Taken to the extreme, we can’t even make stone tools anymore to use for hunting! Imagine how deficient the educational system has become we we can’t even make stone tools anymore!
PubliusCornelius about 9 years ago
…maybe the mistakes are intentional, to lull ISIS into a false sense of security? Or maybe not.
braindead Premium Member about 9 years ago
“They didn’t “miss” 9/11 attacks. Bush had a briefing book with that the title “planes may be used to fly into buildings” (not an exact quote, but accurate enough) months before it happened.
WMD are not nuclear weapons only. etc…
As usual from your post, nothing really accurate, but still."
So we invaded Iraq because they had chemical weapons? That’s your version of ‘accuracy’?
Even you don’t believe that.
woodwork about 9 years ago
I had a few dealings with CIA in ‘Nam…I wouldn’t trust those crooks with my toenail clippings!!
ChukLitl Premium Member about 9 years ago
In my day, the Navy was mostly potheads, I smoked with 90% of the Engineering Department & enough of the rest of the ship, & other ships, to believe it was about average. Carter doobied up with Willie Nelson on the White House roof & we didn’t go to war with the ancient Aryans of Persia (translation; Iran). May have been a mistake, or maybe the hardliners in Tehran & Washington need to spark one up.