Lewis Libby has been indicted. What aspect of the indictment did you find most surprising? I personally was hardly surprised by the presence of corruption, dishonesty, and arrogant disregard for others in the White House. But I did learn something new from the indictments — the origins of the phrase ‘weapons of mass destruction’. It turns out, as reported by several news agencies, that Libby was the inventor of that phrase. I remember hearing the abbreviation ‘WMD’ for the first time, because it also happens to be my initials. (My full name is ‘William Michael Dickson’.) Indeed, I used to use ‘wmd’ as part of my ’standard internet password’. (You have one of those, right? — your insecure password that you use at web sites that require you to ‘register’ before you can view their content.)
Well, in fact I am a ‘junior’, and I certainly don’t mean to cast aspersions on my real father, but, as many sons do, I will insist on rebelling against my ‘other’ Dad, Libby’s version of ‘WMD’. And what better way to rebel than to re-appropriate my name? So from now on, in my own mind (and I’m guessing that I’m probably alone here), ‘wmd’ means ‘words of mass dissemination’.
Welcome to my blog.
Do you want some context for this blog (as in, ‘WMD, who are you’)? Visit my web page at mdickson.com and you’ll find more information about me than you ever really wanted to know.
william michael
I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read.