...ll sell me cases of 200 boxes, but not seeing anyone who'll sell anything less than that. Surely, being Nashville, such a thing can still be found here? This just screams for a trip to Pottery Barn! Or Michaels, etc. There's some good cruising in the doll parts aisles. "Nice afghan!".

...2003. Even Colin Powell, who buckled under neocon pressure and backed the attack on Iraq, cautioned Bush about the Pottery Barn rule that "If you break it, you bought it." You might say he prophesied a broken Iraq. (By ...wheel was invented in Iraq, Iraq must be one of the first places where pottery was broken.) _______ About author Gary Leupp is a Professor of History, and Adjunct...

... he was the first to come up with the "Pottery Barn rule" of international diplomacy -- "You break it, you own it" -- which he ... deeper and deeper hole filled with more and more broken pieces." Yes, yes, the "Pottery Barn Rule" says that if we are responsible for...and done right this time. No, what Tom manfully admits is wrong is his "Pottery Barn Rule" itself. It turns out that "Iraq was already pretty broken before we got...

... farfetched, even if the conspiracy theory itself is a joke. I'm reminded of a Mike Peters editorial cartoon this week that offered a new twist on Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn" principle: It showed a broken pot, labeled Iraq, with Bush pointing to a Democratic donkey and saying, "I broke it ... you own it." Anyway, throw down a couple ...

I now have read an article in the real NY TIMES (can't find it yet on internet) that indicates Iraq is "legalistically" via its popularly elected legislature as two provinces are to be exclusively Shia in formal "sectartian segregation." The (some) Sunnis in the parliament are objecting because they consider this means more oil revenue for the Shia and Kurds because of where the all-Shia provinces simply are. Hey, would it not be ...

Uhh....it's not beanbag: revenge v revenge v revenge v revenge v revenge v revenge to... I recall sensing the (seemingly inevitable) tragedy in the spring-summer of 2003 after report of insurgent bombing. I've been sickened/pessimistic about it since then (if not before) I easily predict GWB will employ trouble-shooter James Baker by the New Year especially if Nov elections go badly for GOP as is generally expected/predicted ...

Bob Burnett: 'Bush's 'Pottery Barn' legacy' Bob Burnett Once the November...retail chain issued their denial, the Pottery Barn rule had already secured its...to come. The application of the Pottery Barn rule goes far beyond ... better be described as the Pottery Barn disorder. Breaking is only the... understand the pathology of the Pottery Barn disorder lets consider how ... the fourth stage of the Pottery Barn disorder arrives: the Administration ...