the wisdom of robert gates

Unsurprisingly, Robert (I almost typed "Bill") Gates cruised through his Senate hearing. He said that the war in Iraq isn't going well. The media focused on that story, to the exclusion of Gates' other utterances. But I found the transcript, and here are a few other things Gates said that the mainstream media neglected to report.

Generalissimo Francisco Franco is critically dead.

Shaquille O'Neal sure is tall.

Women -- who really understands 'em?

Drinking two frappacinos a day will make you fat and broke.

The new Who album is OK but not as good as "Who's Next".

They don't right 'em like that anymore.

You can never get a taxi when you need one.