Unilateral

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Unilateral

z — 6/16/2008 1:21:59 PM (archived)

To use an analogy from American football, "Unilateral" is when the quarterback ignores input and advice from his teammates, makes up his own plays, calls upon the others to just follow his lead, and then later wonders why the team lost the game!

Of course, "unilateral" could also mean that it's difficult to catch and run for a score with a backwards pass that you throw to yourself...

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European bewails that they can't vote in our election - TB - 6/15/2008 6:25:40 AM
- GOP bewails that they can't run the entire world and tell the rest of humanity to go to hell - z - 6/16/2008 2:23:12 AM
  - There's that "unilateral" again. Is this like some kind of burnt-out mental connector thing? (n/t) - TB - 6/16/2008 4:29:13 AM
    - Unilateral - z - 6/16/2008 1:21:59 PM
    - A lot easier to withdraw from Iraq than from Afghanistan! - Raoul - 6/16/2008 5:47:17 AM
- #1 - I didn't notice any "bewailing" or wanting to vote in the US. - Bowser - 6/15/2008 6:53:17 PM
  - There's gonna be a lotta bewailing between now and November. - ER - 6/15/2008 7:01:31 PM
- European bewails that they can't vote in our election - ER - 6/15/2008 12:39:34 PM
  - It's a little more than seven years. - TB - 6/15/2008 9:25:04 PM
    - Are you denying that under GWB the prestige of the US HASN'T declined? - Bowser - 6/15/2008 11:47:03 PM
      - Interesting question. - TB - 6/16/2008 4:27:01 AM
        
        Unbelievable. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/16/2008 5:39:13 AM
        
        Bush's trip to Europe. - TB - 6/16/2008 6:03:34 AM
        
        The joy is in anticipation he'll be gone. Helluvan endorsement. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/16/2008 2:49:26 PM
        
        Yeah, that must be it. - TB - 6/16/2008 5:23:08 PM
        
        Try this one. "- - - he's hugely unpopular." - Bowser - 6/16/2008 5:43:12 PM
        
        Try this one: maybe the poll is crap. - TB - 6/16/2008 9:18:50 PM
      - "Has declined" Damned double negative didn't work. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/16/2008 1:52:57 AM
    - I've lived in this country longer than you have, TB, - ER - 6/15/2008 9:46:12 PM
  - If they're not with us, then they must be against us! - ARRELL - 6/15/2008 1:20:50 PM
- And this is significant....why? - ARRELL - 6/15/2008 11:35:02 AM
- Same was said about Kerry - Raoul - 6/15/2008 10:17:59 AM
- It's an interesting reflection on your mindset that you lump our allies in Europe with our adversaries elsewhere... - Buck Galaxy - 6/15/2008 7:52:37 AM

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