http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/30345 So, according to this Associated Press story, &quot;The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek 'a general time horizon' for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq.&quot; As an editor, I am always amused by euphemisms and bureaucracy speak. So I'm laughing over this term &quot;general time horizon.&quot; Is this like when PG&amp;E gives you a window of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to light your pilot light? Or when your boss tells you he doesn't have the budget to give you a raise right now, but maybe soon? I'm pregnant and my due date is Nov. 21. But really there's a two-week &quot;time horizon&quot; before and after that date when the baby could come. I'd like to employ the following &quot;general time horizons&quot; in my life: &mdash; The time at which I arrive at work each day. &mdash; The day which I return to work from a vacation. &mdash; When the dishes or laundry or lawn mowing will get done. &mdash; When my gas gage actually means I'm out of gas. &mdash; When a project is due. (Also could be useful for students with homework.) How about anyone else? Got a favorite &quot;general time horizon&quot;? &mdash; Jennifer Baldwin So, according to this Associated Press story, &quot;The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek 'a general time horizon' for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq.&quot; As an editor, I am always amused by euphemisms and bureaucracy speak. So I'm laughing over this term &quot;general time horizon.&quot; Is this like when PG&amp;E gives you a window of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to light your pilot light? Or when your boss tells you he doesn't have the budget to give you a raise right now, but maybe soon? I'm pregnant and my due date is Nov. 21. But really there's a two-week &quot;time horizon&quot; before and after that date when the baby could come. I'd like to employ the following &quot;general time horizons&quot; in my life: &mdash; The time at which I arrive at work each day. &mdash; The day which I return to work from a vacation. &mdash; When the dishes or laundry or lawn mowing will get done. &mdash; When my gas gage actually means I'm out of gas. &mdash; When a project is due. (Also could be useful for students with homework.) How about anyone else? Got a favorite &quot;general time horizon&quot;? &mdash; Jennifer Baldwin en-us <p>And the Iraqi prime minister apparently thinks the guy with the best grasp of what Iraqi policy should be is...Obama.</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSL198009020080719">http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSL198009020080719</a></p> <p>(Of course, the Shrub will claim another &quot;translation error.&quot;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/30345/#c_277396 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/30345/#c_277396 <p>And the Iraqi prime minister apparently thinks the guy with the best grasp of what Iraqi policy should be is...Obama.</p> <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSL198009020080719">http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSL198009020080719</a></p> <p>(Of course, the Shrub will claim another &quot;translation error.&quot;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>