The wind took it! No, wait. The sun was in our eyes! Rumsfeld’s new answer to whether or not there was a connection between Al Qaida and Saddam Hussein: “I have seen the answer to that question migrate . . . over a period of a year in the most amazing way.” How exactly does an answer ‘migrate’? Does it set off poorly-shod down the road with its children running behind? Does it pack all its things into the back of its minivan and careen down the highway? Perhaps it just recamps seasonally in search of good soil. Has he found his inspiration in the seasonal movements of birds? Or perhaps in the sun-parched hands of illegal Mexicans harvesting fruit?

Whatever the inspiration, that is now officially my favorite excuse, toppling Reagan’s “Mistakes were made” from its years-long top spot on the list. Admittedly, Reagan’s was more succinct, but in the name of succinctness he sacrificed many poetic possibilities. Good work, Rummy.

bwaaahhhhhaaaa.

Tribes of answers had not more difficult way of living. Their only thing to care about was how to answer as big questions as possible. It surely took a lot of time to keep whole tribe well informed. Not only plenty of time but also plenty of questions. As soon as questions saw something is answering them they moved. No big questions, no supper. So the answers moved too.

migration: where hunter = answers; animal = questions; food = information; etc.
well it kind of works.