Re: Aw, what the heck... just one more for the road :-)

"Sandman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=391626
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> Rumsfeld Ramble Wins 'Foot in Mouth' Award
> Mon December 1, 2003 09:09 AM ET
>
> LONDON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's curious statement
at
> a press briefing was named on Monday as the year's most baffling comment
by
> a public figure.
> Rumsfeld, usually renowned for his uncompromising tough talking, was
awarded
> the "Foot in Mouth" award for a confusing message which probably left his
> audience in the dark as to its meaning, Britain's Plain English Campaign
> said.
>
> "Reports that say something hasn't happened are interesting to me, because
> as we know, there are known unknowns; there things we know we know,"
> Rumsfeld told the briefing.
>
> "We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are
> some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the
ones
> we don't know we don't know."


It is perfectly clear, except that one of the three possibilities is stated
twice.
basically, he says that for all the things we do not know, for some, we know
we do not know them
and for others, we have no idea that we don't know them





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