Rummy visits a volcano in Nicaragua - pics

[Kadie]

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld visits the volcano at the Masaya National Park, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, in Masaya, Nicaragua. The volcano is the most active in the region. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)


U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gestures to a reporter as he visits the volcano at the Masaya National Park, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, in Masaya, Nicaragua. The volcano is the most active in the region. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)


U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, talks with Nicaraguan Minister of Defense Avil Ramirez as they visit the volcano at the Masaya National Park, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, in Masaya, Nicaragua. The volcano is the most active in the region. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)


A Nicaraguan soldier is silhouetted as he guards the volcano at the Masaya National Park during a visit by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006, in Masaya, Nicaragua. The volcano is the most active in the region. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

[Redstone]

1. Damn, no loose stones on the ground at the edge?

Redstone

[lonestarnot]

12. And no one gave him a shove as they tripped? Damn. He

would be right at home with that boiling caldron of sulfur.

[Spazito]

2. Hmmm, asshole has a sling on....

I don't recall hearing he was "impaired", physically I mean, we all know, mentally, he is totally insane.

[Kadie]

14. I think he had shoulder surgery a couple weeks back.

That would account for the physical impairment.

[Ferret Annica]

Great, I hope the sulfer smell...

..reminds him of his chimp devil boss in the White House.

[Sanity Claws]

3. What's wrong with his left arm?

Did he go hunting with Cheney?

[Dr.Phool]

8. Nah, he took some Viagra

And couldn't find anyone that hard up. Tore a rotator cuff.

[koopie57]

4. I wonder what he has hidden in that sling?

[soothsayer]

11. * should have his ass in a sling, but doesn't

[originalpckelly]

5. "So there I was, I could've pushed the old fucker and saved the world...

but I had to bend over and tie my shoelace." --Avil Ramirez, Talk To Grandchildren 2025.

[LeftCoast]

6. It's Rummy versus the volcano and I'm rooting for the volcano!

:D

[Nevernose]

7. Coincidence? "Rival to build canal in Nicaragua"

Originally posted by DeepModem Mom in LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2538221
Rival to Panama Canal Planned
Nicaragua intends to spend $20 billion on a new Central American waterway that was initially proposed in the 19th century.
By Héctor Tobar and Chris Kraul, Times Staff Writers
September 30, 2006

MEXICO CITY — Seeking to cash in on booming Asian exports, Nicaragua will announce a $20-billion proposal next week to build a canal linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans that would accommodate ships too large to use the Panama Canal, Nicaraguan officials said Friday.

If approved by Nicaragua's Congress, the project would be a joint public-private venture financed by unnamed investors, said Lindolfo Monjarretz, a spokesman for Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos.

The Grand Inter-Oceanic Nicaragua Canal would make use of the 60-mile-wide Lake Nicaragua and follow at least part of a route first proposed by American and European entrepreneurs in the 19th century, officials said.

"We will have a deeper draft than the Panama Canal and reach a different market than Panama," Monjarretz said in a telephone interview. "The construction of the canal … will be pushed forward by Nicaragua because it's necessary for global trade."

The official announcement will come Monday, when Nicaragua plays host to a summit of Western Hemisphere defense ministers, including U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, Monjarretz said....

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-canal30sep30,0,72...

[readmoreoften]

9. They have been wanting this FOREVER.

I stayed on the eastern coast of Nicaragua in 1995. A big reason why we backed the Contras was that we wanted this damn canal to cut their country in half. It's an insane idea. It's about 13-14 hour boat ride worth of mountain range and rainforest. Goodness gracious.

[Kadie]

15. Thanks for the link.

I had not heard about that.

[CatWoman]

10. JUMP, RUMMY!!!

JUMP!!!!

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Maybe he will fall in.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. To sacrifice another virgin?

:shrug: