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Two from U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell: [1]: "They're a wonderful medication ... They're called Ambien, which is very good. You don't use Ambien? Everybody here uses Ambien." [2]: (Regarding reports of President Bush's untroubled sleep ...) "I sleep like a baby, too. Every two hours I wake up screaming!" --- Notes: I hesitated to post these, as they lead too readily to junk rhetoric and agitprop. But come on: "Everybody here uses Ambien." ?!? I was powerless. Sources follow. Regards, Drew Hamre Golden Valley, MN USA === [1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A19844-2003Nov9?language=printer A Memorial to Politics By Al Kamen Monday, November 10, 2003; Page A23 [excerpt] Powell's Chemical Equation Powell described his killer schedule in an interview Thursday with Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed, a reporter for a London-based Saudi newspaper. "So do you use sleeping tablets to organize yourself?" Al-Rashed asked. "Yes. Well, I wouldn't call them that," Powell said. "They're a wonderful medication -- not medication. How would you call it? They're called Ambien, which is very good. You don't use Ambien? Everybody here uses Ambien." Really? Some folks across the river may conclude that explains a lot. [end excerpt] [2] Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker, 2003-02-10 Not personally verified, but see http://www.cfo.com/article/1,5309,8800%7C%7CA%7C314%7C9,00.html and http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=5577 _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk