[Jester]

Colin's interview the other day, where around the 2:38 mark he makes a somewhat weird statement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImjcoCmC-M

"The problems will always be there, and there's going to be a crisis come along in the 21st or 22nd of January that we don't even know about right now."

That's right after the new president would come in, does he mean that the change of power may weaken world confidence in the USA (I mean moreso than already of course)? Or is it something else?

When I watched it, I was just thinking. huh, WTF? you have a date picked for a crisis but we don't know about it right now? uhmmm...

[Bas]

ok, that's odd... it's at about 2:40 into the interview.

[dinopello]

It was an awkwardly worded reponse to the question which referenced Jan 21. That is the day after Inaguration day. He's saying once you get in office, the first problem you face would be something you didn;t anticipate.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'I')t was an awkwardly worded reponse to the question which referenced Jan 21. That is the day after Inaguration day. He's saying once you get in office, the first problem you face would be something you didn;t anticipate.

[Jester]

Pretty poorly worded if that is the case. He didn't say there can be problems or unexpected events, he said a crisis is coming.

Regardless though, how does a journalist NOT ask what he means when he says that in an interview?

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jester', 'h')ow does a journalist NOT ask what he means when he says that in an interview?

[pedalling_faster]

i think he means that Obama is going to enter the White House on Jan. 20-something and find a mess that's a lot worse than keyboards missing "W" keys.

how honest Obama will then choose to be with us, TBD.

i think most of the people that have dug into Peak Oil, etc., know the major details of the "crisis" Powell is alluding to.

i wouldn't be surprised if it's something simple like, Ghawar is way past peak, Saudi Arabia is past peak, there is truth to the not-well-referenced speculation that Iraqi oil is being diverted to SA - something along those lines.

On Jan. 2*, we will be making the transition from the "Deficits don't matter, the American way of life is not negotiable" stubborn delusion of Cheney, to something a lot more reality based.

Possibly a disclosure of the extent of the FUBAR-ness created during the Bush-Cheney admin, that's what Powell is referring to.

if Obama wins, i wouldn't be surprised to see Powell back in the White House in some capacity.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 'i')f Obama wins, i wouldn't be surprised to see Powell back in the White House in some capacity.

[Jester]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jester', 'h')ow does a journalist NOT ask what he means when he says that in an interview?

[heroineworshipper]

It means Uba Buba is going to hand a crisis to Colon on the first day he gets his mojo.

[idiom]

Well its a long time since we have been suprised by anything around here.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jester', 'I')t doesn't matter what Powell is predicting, how would you not ask for some elaboration? Whether, saying "Are there specific problems you foresee?" or "Can you expand on that? Do you anticipate problems once the new president is in?" but to completely ignore a statement like that makes no sense at all.

[Fishman]

something a lot more reality based.
Like, there's no way I'll be able to give you any of those things I promised to get this office because there's no money and the crisis is you believed it.

[Plantagenet]

Hey, Jester....I think you are right about this....it appears you are on to something here.

Joe Biden just said the same thing...Obama will face a big international crisis soon after taking office.

Biden and Powell are the biggest guns the BO campaign has to get its message out... the BO campaign has them both putting out this same message at the same time for a reason.

biden says: "gird your loins" for big crises coming

Sounds like BO and Biden and Powell are planning to do something big soon after taking office....Obama has at various times said he'd send US troops into Sudan and into Pakistan...could one of those invasions be what Powell and Biden are warning us about?

[TheDude]

Maybe he means we should pull the building?

Really guys, it's just a generalized statement about the pressures the new POTUS will face.

[skeptik]

Very odd. Joe Biden is singing the same song link
<snip>
"... Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."
<snip>
"After speaking for just over a quarter of an hour, Biden noticed the media presence in the back of the small ballroom.

"I probably shouldn't have said all this because it dawned on me that the press is here," he joked."<snip>

[vtsnowedin]

Why wouldn't a journalist follow up the question?
He was on 'Meet the press' and there was no journalist present.

I think he was saying that the unexpected happens more often then not. Like every NFL coach has a game plan for every game and the vast majority of them are junk by the third play of the game.

Another nail in the Mccain campange coffin. It has enough now that it won't float in New Orleans.

[Bas]

I let a friend hear this just now, and he suggested that Powell meant to say the 21st century, which seemed like a reasonable explanation to me...

[Plantagenet]

I didn't think much of it when Powell said it, but to have both Powell and Biden say the same thing on the same day suggests the BO campaign directed them to get the message out.

If both Biden and Powell say that we should expect a crisis soon after Sen. Obama takes office, we might be well advised to pay attention.

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'B')iden and Powell are the biggest guns the BO campaign has to get its message out... the BO campaign has them both putting out this same message at the same time for a reason.