Now Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is upset with the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, and he has shared his annoyance with the world.
White people, in contrast, likely have the luxury of obsessing exclusively on their individual problems, taking the occasional break to get angry that they didn't invent YouTube (actually, I share that annoyance).
That annoyance was shared by others, if for different reasons.
We have no doubt the Politburo, having pinned down the word "democracy" in its own fashion, shared Col. McCormick's annoyance with foreigners who continue to use it as if they knew what they were talking about.
They all seemed to have known each other for decades, knew one another's biases and weaknesses, could predict every political position and rhetorical move, and put up with one another in the way of a family whose common past and shared bonds outweighs every annoyance.
Yet, aside from reflecting the current toxicity of America to Arab public opinion, this coolness also reflected diverging priorities between America and its allies.Most Arab regimes, for instance, fully share America's annoyance with Syria, whose meddling in Lebanon, and support for hardline factions within Hamas, are seen as damaging to stability.
Perhaps also sharing the same annoyance at this state of affairs, Jeffrey Beall in August 2012 published the first edition of the "Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Predatory Open-Access
Michael Spearman, drummer with Everything Everything, shares that annoyance: "Big websites making lots of money from other people doing work and doing no work themselves is pretty disgusting.
But I think we shared some similar sentiments - bemusement, slight annoyance mixed with mild excitement, that kind of thing.
