Single Digit Midget
Published Wednesday, April 26, 2006 by Nate | E-mail this post
You military and vets out there won't need an explanation but for you civies, a "Single Digit Midget" refers to a "short-timer" who total remaing days in the military total a single digit number. "Eight days and a Wake-Up" is a beautiful expression to men and women finishing their tours and seeking a well earned break.
I was just over at
Crooks & Liars website and I saw
this video from Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC about Mary McCarthy. She's the CIA employee who has been fired for allegedly
"leaking" the information about secret CIA prisons being operated in old Eastern Bloc countries in the blackest of black ops. The kind of sick abuse of government power that makes your skin crawl when you consider what
OUR government is doing in
OUR name. Pay particular attention to Scotty McClellan, Bush's outbound Press Secretary. Is it just me or does he already sound like he's "phoning in" his bullshit now?
Blah, blah ongoing legal... blah freedom... security... yadda yadda... Since he is now officially a Single Digit Midget, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. Now check out what's coming: