Ramblings
April 9, 2008
February 27, 2008
Baseball and Politics
I'm a big fan of Tim Wakefield, but once again I've learned that most baseball players don't share the same political views as me.
“[President George Bush] knew who I was, which was really cool, and said, ‘Tim, great job, congratulations,’ ” said Wakefield, who plans to return the pleasantries. “(This time) I’d say, ‘Thanks for a great eight years.’ I’m a big fan of his.”On the other hand, Coco Crisp liked Ross Perot because “he had those big ears working.”
February 15, 2007
Dubya the Menace
Dubya the Menace is a randomized Dennis The Menace comic with real quotes, straight from George W. Bush's mouth.
January 11, 2007
Fear Makes People Conservatives
January 2007 is almost half over...time to post something!
The Ideological Animal (Psychology Today)
The Ideological Animal (Psychology Today)
We think our political stance is the product of reason, but we're easily manipulated and surprisingly malleable. Our essential political self is more a stew of childhood temperament, education, and fear of death. Call it the 9/11 effect...
[A study] found that conservatives have a greater desire to reach a decision quickly and stick to it, and are higher on conscientiousness, which includes neatness, orderliness, duty, and rule-following. Liberals are higher on openness, which includes intellectual curiosity, excitement-seeking, novelty, creativity for its own sake, and a craving for stimulation like travel, color, art, music, and literature.
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September 26, 2006
The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld
The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld (Slate)
Until now, the secretary's poetry has found only a small and skeptical audience: the Pentagon press corps. Every day, Rumsfeld regales reporters with his jazzy, impromptu riffs. Few of them seem to appreciate it. But we should all be listening. Rumsfeld's poetry is paradoxical: It uses playful language to address the most somber subjects.For example:
The Unknown
As we know,
There are known knowns.
There are things we know we know.
We also know
There are known unknowns.
That is to say
We know there are some things
We do not know.
But there are also unknown unknowns,
The ones we don't know
We don't know.
November 1, 2005
The Blame Game
The Blame Game
If our Iraq adventure ends badly, there will be ample blame to go around. But the buck should stop, as President Harry Truman famously said, in the Oval Office. President Bush was quick to claim credit when things were going well, and he cannot escape blame when things turn ugly. This is President Bush’s war, and America’s failure will be his legacy.
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September 2, 2005
Bush always has weapons on the brain
Bush Tours Katrina Damage Amid Criticism
"I'm not looking forward to this trip," Bush said as he toured Alabama and Mississippi and headed for Louisiana. "It's as if the entire Gulf Coast were obliterated by the worst kind of weapon you can imagine," he said.Why does everything have to be weapon-related with this guy?
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January 25, 2005
"Boy, someone's gonna get fired for that."
Another rare occasion when McSweeney's is actually kinda funny:
Things I'd Probably Say If the Bush Administration Were Just a Weekly TV Show and I Were a Regular Viewer
Things I'd Probably Say If the Bush Administration Were Just a Weekly TV Show and I Were a Regular Viewer
January 20, 2005
Unsocial Insecurity
OK, I said I was avoiding politics, but...
Unsocial Insecurity
As this New Yorker article points out:
- Bush says there's a Social Security crisis right now
- there really isn't
- Bush's plan is to let people invest some of their taxes in private accounts
- this plan doesn't solve the "crisis" that Bush says we have
- having millions of people start investing sure seems to benefit Bush's corporate and Wall Street friends
I don't agree that this plan will "create Republicans" as some people suggest, but it at least has the perception "that privatization is a nice, clean way to transfer gigantic sums to Wall Street brokerage houses." Whether true or not, "making the well-being of the old dependent on the luck or skill of their stock picks or mutual-fund choices is not so good."
Unsocial Insecurity
As this New Yorker article points out:
- Bush says there's a Social Security crisis right now
- there really isn't
- Bush's plan is to let people invest some of their taxes in private accounts
- this plan doesn't solve the "crisis" that Bush says we have
- having millions of people start investing sure seems to benefit Bush's corporate and Wall Street friends
I don't agree that this plan will "create Republicans" as some people suggest, but it at least has the perception "that privatization is a nice, clean way to transfer gigantic sums to Wall Street brokerage houses." Whether true or not, "making the well-being of the old dependent on the luck or skill of their stock picks or mutual-fund choices is not so good."
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World fears new Bush era
World fears new Bush era (Guardian UK)
I still dislike this administration so much for so many reasons that I can't even follow politics anymore. However, it's good to note that "you forgot" Poland is one of the three countries that still supports us...
A poll of 21 countries published yesterday - reflecting opinion in Africa, Latin America, North America, Asia and Europe - ... found that the bulk of people in 18 of the 21 countries surveyed had negative feelings towards the president.Luckily, Bush doesn't give a crap about what the world (or half of the U.S.) thinks.
I still dislike this administration so much for so many reasons that I can't even follow politics anymore. However, it's good to note that "you forgot" Poland is one of the three countries that still supports us...
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December 10, 2004
I wonder what things look like in Bush's version of reality
US admits the war for ‘hearts and minds’ in Iraq is now lost
The Pentagon has admitted that the war on terror and the invasion and occupation of Iraq have increased support for al-Qaeda, made ordinary Muslims hate the US and caused a global backlash against America because of the "self-serving hypocrisy" of George W Bush’s administration over the Middle East.All this and more in this month's issue of Duh magazine.
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November 3, 2004
Well, that didn't go so well...
Trying to look on the bright side....uh, at least there will be four years of good material for the Daily Show.
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October 28, 2004
Fear vs. hope
"If one candidate's trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope." --Bill Clinton(Thanks Myfanwy for the link...)
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October 22, 2004
Warmongers and military service
Warmongers and military service
An interesting list of prominent Democrats, Republicans, and pro-war pundits, along with their military service ... if any.
An interesting list of prominent Democrats, Republicans, and pro-war pundits, along with their military service ... if any.
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October 18, 2004
Give us back the America we loved
Give us back the America we loved (Guardian)
While Bush was waging his father's war at your expense, he was also ruining your country. He made your rich richer and your poor and unemployed more numerous. He robbed your war veterans of their due and reduced your children's access to education. And he deprived more Americans than ever before of healthcare. Now he's busy cooking the books, burying deficits and calling in contingency funds to fight a war that his advisers promised him he could light and put out like a candle.
Meanwhile, your Patriot Act has swept aside constitutional and civil liberties which took brave Americans 200 years to secure, and were once the envy of a world that now looks on in horror, not just at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, but at what you are doing to yourselves.
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October 8, 2004
Terror warnings boost president's approval ratings
Terror warnings boost president's approval ratings
When the federal government issues a terrorist warning, presidential approval ratings jump, a Cornell sociologist has found. Interestingly, terrorist warnings also boost support for the president on issues that are largely irrelevant to terrorism, such as his handling of the economy.So, what are the chances that the color-coded terror level will increase to "Elmo" as the election approaches?
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September 30, 2004
Why bother watching the debates?
I've been on the fence about watching the presidential debates. I mean, I can't really imagine Bush saying anything that'll get me to support him...unless he comes right out and says "I'm sorry about screwing everything up the past four years. From now on, I'm going to do the opposite of what my instincts tell me."
Plus, all W has to do is to correctly pronounce most of his words, and it'll be considered a "win" for him. I mean, come on: it's not a fair fight! Kerry's been an excellent debater since high school, and Bush can't even say "nuclear."
Add this article to the mix -- Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates -- and now I really don't want to watch 90 minutes of more staged, scripted bullshit.
Update #1: Yeah, I ended up watching the debate. Luckily it turned out to be more interesting than I had feared.
Update #2: So, what did John Q. Canadian think of the debate? (And can we allow them to vote...?) Also: comments from BBC.
Plus, all W has to do is to correctly pronounce most of his words, and it'll be considered a "win" for him. I mean, come on: it's not a fair fight! Kerry's been an excellent debater since high school, and Bush can't even say "nuclear."
Add this article to the mix -- Top 10 Secrets They Don't Want You to Know About the Debates -- and now I really don't want to watch 90 minutes of more staged, scripted bullshit.
Update #1: Yeah, I ended up watching the debate. Luckily it turned out to be more interesting than I had feared.
Update #2: So, what did John Q. Canadian think of the debate? (And can we allow them to vote...?) Also: comments from BBC.
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September 24, 2004
W's False pride
I have to totally agree with this:
W's False pride (A Whole Lotta Nothing)
W's False pride (A Whole Lotta Nothing)
When I look at the W presidency and closer at the man himself and ask myself why I would not vote for him, humility ranks at the top (the lack of it, actually). I've seen time and time again, whenever he is asked a challenging question, or given the opportunity to reflect on past decisions, and Bush will respond in the most ways that approach complete arrogance.
Labels: politics
September 21, 2004
September 9, 2004
"President Evil"
Completing my anti-Bush hat-trick for the day: some people in L.A. have changed "Resident Evil" billboards to "President Evil."
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The Onion on Bush
The Onion had a great "News in Brief" story yesterday. As usual, there's probably more truth to this story than I'd like to believe.
Now somebody has taken that article and added links throughout it, citing real-life examples of what the article had predicted: check it out here.
Bush Campaign More Thought Out Than Iraq WarWhile on the topic of Onion articles about Bush, in 2001 The Onion had a great article titled Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'. The sad fact is, while it seemed funny at the time (OK, it's still funny...), a few years later most of it had come true.
WASHINGTON, DC—Military and political strategists agreed Monday that President Bush's re-election campaign has been executed with greater precision than the war in Iraq. "Judging from the initial misrepresentation of intelligence data and the ongoing crisis in Najaf, I assumed the president didn't know his ass from his elbow," said Col. Dale Henderson, a military advisor during the Reagan Administration. "But on the campaign trail, he's proven himself a master of long-term planning and unflinching determination. How else can you explain his strength in the polls given this economy?" Henderson said he regrets having characterized Bush's handling of the war as "incompetent," now that he knows the president's mind was simply otherwise occupied.
Now somebody has taken that article and added links throughout it, citing real-life examples of what the article had predicted: check it out here.
The world wants Kerry
Global survey shows 30 of 35 countries want Kerry in White House
A majority of people in 30 of 35 countries want Democratic party flagbearer John Kerry in the White House, according to a survey released showing US President George W. Bush rebuffed by all of America's traditional allies...
Even among countries that have contributed troops to Iraq, most favored Kerry, and said that their view of US foreign policy has gotten worse under Bush. They included Britain, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Japan, Norway and Spain.
Labels: politics
August 30, 2004
RNC protest photos
Here are someone's photos from the RNC protest march this weekend. This counter-protestor's sign in particular scares me: Bush, bombs, guns and Jesus...how nice.
Labels: politics
August 27, 2004
Bush tax cuts help rich
Reports: Bush tax cuts help rich (CNN Money)
President George W. Bush's tax cuts have transferred the federal tax burden from the richest Americans to middle-class families, with one-third of the cuts benefiting people with the top 1 percent of income.Thanks for taking care of your buddies, George!
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August 20, 2004
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads (Sports Illustrated)
"Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign," [Iraqi midfielder Salih] Sadir told SI.com through a translator, speaking calmly and directly. "He can find another way to advertise himself."
...[T]hey also find it offensive that Bush is using Iraq for his own gain when they do not support his administration's actions. "My problems are not with the American people," says Iraqi soccer coach Adnan Hamad. "They are with what America has done in Iraq: destroy everything. The American army has killed so many people in Iraq. What is freedom when I go to the [national] stadium and there are shootings on the road?"
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August 10, 2004
Ron Reagan on George W. Bush
The Case Against George W. Bush by Ron Reagan (Esquire)
It's one thing to get trashed by Michael Moore. But when Nobel laureates, a vast majority of the scientific community, and a host of current and former diplomats, intelligence operatives, and military officials line up against you, it becomes increasingly difficult to characterize the opposition as fringe wackos. ...
Does anyone really favor an administration that so shamelessly lies? One that so tenaciously clings to secrecy, not to protect the American people, but to protect itself? ...
Bush, who has always managed to fail upwards in his various careers, has never had a job the way you have a job -- where not showing up one morning gets you fired, costing you your health benefits. He may find it difficult to relate personally to any of the nearly two million citizens who've lost their jobs under his administration, the first administration since Herbert Hoover's to post a net loss of jobs. Mr. Bush has never had to worry that he couldn't afford the best available health care for his children. For him, forty-three million people without health insurance may be no more than a politically inconvenient abstraction. When Mr. Bush talks about the economy, he is not talking about your economy. His economy is filled with pals called Kenny-boy who fly around in their own airplanes. In Bush's economy, his world, friends relocate offshore to avoid paying taxes. Taxes are for chumps like you. ...
Beyond issues of fiscal irresponsibility and ill-advised militarism, there is a question of trust. George W. Bush and his allies don't trust you and me. Why on earth, then, should we trust them?
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July 13, 2004
Daily reasons to dispatch Bush
Daily reasons to dispatch Bush (McSweeney's)
DAY ONE:And the hits just keep coming...
The Bush Administration's "Clear Skies Initiative," announced in 2002, allows 125 percent more sulfur dioxide, 68 percent more nitrogen oxide, and 420 percent more mercury air pollution than existing laws.
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June 21, 2004
More on "Fahrenheit 9/11"
A key issue with Michael Moore's new movie about the Bush administration is going to be if the facts are legit.
'9/11': Just the facts? (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times)
The movie has yet to be released (though it already has been attacked quite a bit...) but it seems like people who have seen it seem to feel that everything checks out. Moore must have learned from his "Bowling for Columbine" mistakes and is going the extra miles (as he should) to make sure there are no holes in "9/11".
Will Michael Moore's Facts Check Out? (New York Times)
'9/11': Just the facts? (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times)
I agree with Moore that the presidency of George W. Bush has been a disaster for America. In writing that, I expect to get the usual complaints that movie critics should keep their political opinions to themselves. But opinions are my stock in trade, and is it not more honest to declare my politics than to conceal them? I agree with Moore, and because I do, I hope "Fahrenheit 9/11" proves to be as accurate as it seems.
The movie has yet to be released (though it already has been attacked quite a bit...) but it seems like people who have seen it seem to feel that everything checks out. Moore must have learned from his "Bowling for Columbine" mistakes and is going the extra miles (as he should) to make sure there are no holes in "9/11".
Will Michael Moore's Facts Check Out? (New York Times)
After a year spent covering the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks, I was recently allowed to attend a Hollywood screening. Based on that single viewing, and after separating out what is clearly presented as Mr. Moore's opinion from what is stated as fact, it seems safe to say that central assertions of fact in "Fahrenheit 9/11" are supported by the public record.
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The Plain Truth
The Plain Truth (New York Times)
Mr. Bush is right when he says he cannot be blamed for everything that happened on or before Sept. 11, 2001. But he is responsible for the administration's actions since then. That includes, inexcusably, selling the false Iraq-Qaeda claim to Americans. There are two unpleasant alternatives: either Mr. Bush knew he was not telling the truth, or he has a capacity for politically motivated self-deception that is terrifying in the post-9/11 world.
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May 28, 2004
Bush blames the weather
Bush continues to lie...this time about the weather:
So rain on the 13th and (barely) 14th was blamed for a Bush fall on the 22nd. As everything else, it wasn't Bush's fault. Nothing is Bush's fault.(via Ridiculent)
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May 26, 2004
"What do you mean, they don't support us?"
Bush's bid to shape the Iraq story (Christian Science Monitor)
Foreign stops will expose Bush to the prospect of antiwar protests, as well as possible policy gains. If protests are large, many Americans might be surprised, says Steven Kull, director of the program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. A March poll taken by his group found that only 41 percent of respondents knew that majority opinion in most other countries is against the US presence in Iraq.You're kidding, right? Most Americans don't realize that the rest of the world isn't thrilled with how the U.S. has been operating recently? (The only people who seem to support Bush are Britain...and even then it's probably just Tony Blair.) Where have these people been the past couple years? Just when I hope that the "ignorant American" stereotype may not be true, I read something like this.
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May 19, 2004
Fahrenheit 9/11
Incendiary `Fahrenheit' fires up crowd at Cannes
Update: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Palme D'Or Award at Cannes
[Michael Moore's] incendiary "Fahrenheit 9/11" riled and disturbed audiences with a relentless critique of the Bush administration in the post-Sept. 11 world.I really hope that this movie gets released in the U.S. before the November elections. Already it's disgusting that Disney almost successfully prohibited its distribution because (according to Moore's agent) "Eisner was concerned the film would endanger tax breaks that Disney receives for its theme parks and other properties in Florida."
At its official screening in the Cannes competition yesterday, the documentary drew an enthusiastic standing ovation -- onlookers placed it at 15-20 minutes -- punctuated by cries of "Bravo."
Update: 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Palme D'Or Award at Cannes
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May 12, 2004
Just Trust Us
Just Trust Us (New York Times)
If America's record is better than that of most countries -- and it is -- it's because of our system: our tradition of openness, and checks and balances.
Yet Mr. Bush, despite all his talk of good and evil, doesn't believe in that system. From the day his administration took office, its slogan has been "just trust us." No administration since Nixon has been so insistent that it has the right to operate without oversight or accountability, and no administration since Nixon has shown itself to be so little deserving of that trust.
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May 10, 2004
The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity
The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity (Slate)
Bush may not have been born stupid, but he has achieved stupidity, and now he wears it as a badge of honor. ...
A second, more damning aspect of Bush's mind-set is that he doesn't want to know anything in detail, however important. Since college, he has spilled with contempt for knowledge, equating learning with snobbery and making a joke of his own anti-intellectualism.
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April 1, 2004
Bush vs. Letterman
Check out a damn funny clip from David Letterman -- "George W. Bush Invigorating America's Youth" -- and Dave's reaction to the White House calling the video a fake. Links to both videos available here at k10k.
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February 27, 2004
History hopefully won't repeat itself: read The Anti-Miscegenation Amendment.
I know my children will look back at Bush's anti-gay marriage stance and see it in the same light that we now see Rep. Seaborn Roddenberry's 1911 stance against interracial marriage.
(via A Whole Lotta Nothing)
I know my children will look back at Bush's anti-gay marriage stance and see it in the same light that we now see Rep. Seaborn Roddenberry's 1911 stance against interracial marriage.
(via A Whole Lotta Nothing)
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February 9, 2004
I missed Tim Russert interviewing President Bush this weekend on "Meet the Press." If George gets re-elected this year, I'll be shocked. I can't believe the leader of the free world answers questions like this:
That's probably the same logic for going to war: "There may be no evidence of WMDs, but Saddam must've had them; otherwise we wouldn't have invaded Iraq."
You might argue that I'm taking these out of context, but you can read the transcript yourself...
Russert: The Boston Globe and the Associated Press have gone through some of their records and said there's no evidence that you reported to duty in Alabama during the summer and fall of 1972.
President Bush: Yeah, they're -- they're just wrong. There may be no evidence, but I did report; otherwise, I wouldn't have been honorably discharged.
That's probably the same logic for going to war: "There may be no evidence of WMDs, but Saddam must've had them; otherwise we wouldn't have invaded Iraq."
Russert: But your base conservatives -- and listen to Rush Limbaugh, the Heritage Foundation, CATO Institute, they're all saying you are the biggest spender in American history.
President Bush: Well, they're wrong.
You might argue that I'm taking these out of context, but you can read the transcript yourself...
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October 21, 2003
Bush Sr.'s 'message' to Bush Jr. (Boston Globe)
[T]he First Father, former President George H.W. Bush, has given his own most treasured award to Senator Edward Kennedy...
When it was announced (with amazingly little fanfare) that the pugnaciously anti-Iraq war Democrat Kennedy had been awarded the 2003 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service, so many jaws dropped all over Washington that usually voluble politicians were only heard swallowing their real thoughts.
Since the current President Bush veered away from the real war against terrorism in Afghanistan and went a'venturing in Iraq, much to his father's dismay, just about everybody close to Washington politics has known of the policy schism between father and son.
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October 7, 2003
Bush 'not paying attention' to Democratic race (CNN.com)
But his most obvious/innane comment: the war in Iraq is going "badly for the soldiers who lost their lives".
Bush said he insulates himself from the 'opinions' that seep into news coverage by getting his news from his own aides. He said he scans headlines, but rarely reads news stories.If he really believes that his staff is the most objective source he has, then Bush is more of a puppet than I originally thought.
"I appreciate people's opinions, but I'm more interested in news," the president said. "And the best way to get the news is from objective sources, and the most objective sources I have are people on my staff who tell me what's happening in the world."
But his most obvious/innane comment: the war in Iraq is going "badly for the soldiers who lost their lives".
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May 30, 2003
Stating the Obvious (Paul Krugman)
Yet by pushing through another huge tax cut in the face of record deficits, the administration clearly demonstrates either that it is completely feckless, or that it actually wants a fiscal crisis. (Or maybe both.) ...
Most people...imagine that the Bush administration, like the Reagan administration, will modify our system only at the edges, that it won't destroy the social safety net built up over the past 70 years.
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February 19, 2003
Tell the Truth (NY Times)
I side with those who believe we need to confront Saddam — but we have to do it right, with allies and staying power, and the Bush team has bungled that. The Bush folks are big on attitude, weak on strategy and terrible at diplomacy.
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February 3, 2003
Follow up to a previous rant:
A pronounced difference: Bush's 'nucular' weapon
Update: It seems that this article has been removed from their site. Luckily, Google has it cached.
A pronounced difference: Bush's 'nucular' weapon
So why does Bush, leader of the free world and a product of Yale and Harvard, consistently mangle this vital and often-used word? It's possible, Guenter says, that he does it to be liked.You mean to say that Bush is sounding like an idiot on purpose? To be liked? While that thought is bad enough, the fact that it might be be working says a lot for the stupidity of America.
Update: It seems that this article has been removed from their site. Luckily, Google has it cached.
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January 28, 2003
Bush's State of the Union speech
I don't care what Mirriam-Webster says -- nuclear is pronounced "NU-clee-er", not "NU-cu-lar", and I wish George Bush would get it right...
I don't care what Mirriam-Webster says -- nuclear is pronounced "NU-clee-er", not "NU-cu-lar", and I wish George Bush would get it right...
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January 17, 2003
Related to yesterday's post, a Time magazine online poll asked Which country represents the greatest threat to world peace in 2003? Although unscientific, it's still another unfortunate sign of the world (and our own) opinion of the United States.
It seems like decades since Clinton was president. The Onion really nailed it a couple years ago: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
It seems like decades since Clinton was president. The Onion really nailed it a couple years ago: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."Rereading it, it's a little too accurate. Quickly summing up: "Once again, we will enjoy mounting debt, jingoism, nuclear paranoia, mass deficit, and a massive military build-up."
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January 16, 2003
The scary thing is that only one of these headlines is fake...
"Rumsfeld: Lack of evidence could mean Iraq's hiding something"
"Bush On North Korea: 'We Must Invade Iraq'"
"Rumsfeld: Lack of evidence could mean Iraq's hiding something"
"Bush On North Korea: 'We Must Invade Iraq'"
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November 11, 2002
Bush Says Iraq War May Be Necessary
Wow, now there's some breaking news; George just wants his war, and he'll get it no matter what it takes. The Onion hit the nail right on the head: Bush on Economy: "Saddam Must Be Overthrown!"
Wow, now there's some breaking news; George just wants his war, and he'll get it no matter what it takes. The Onion hit the nail right on the head: Bush on Economy: "Saddam Must Be Overthrown!"
February 1, 2001
"I'm afraid we can't accept bills over $50 -- especiallly fake ones."
Someone in Kentucky paid for a $2 order at a fast-food restaurant with a phony $200 bill featuring a picture of President Bush. Here's the kicker: the cashier gave $198 in real money as change. People ain't bright.
Someone in Kentucky paid for a $2 order at a fast-food restaurant with a phony $200 bill featuring a picture of President Bush. Here's the kicker: the cashier gave $198 in real money as change. People ain't bright.
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January 29, 2001
A Wired News story reports that if you search for "dumb motherfucker" on Google, the first result is a site about President Bush. Huh.
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January 24, 2001
I prefer to get my news about "President" Bush from sources like SNL and The Onion -- it makes it easier to swallow. This week's Onion has '80s Retro Craze Sweeps Executive Branch (though it's not as good as last week's story Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over').
January 23, 2001
Got this from Wired News:
W Missing
George W. Bush made such a big deal out of his middle initial during his campaign that he'll probably go into the history books as Dubya, 43rd president of the United States. And that's how they'll have to spell it, too, if they try chronicling the Bush years using a computer keyboard at the Executive Office Building at the White House. It seems that some clever Clinton administration staffers took a wry parting shot at their successor by removing or disabling the "W" key from the keyboards. Bush aides say they found a number of keys taped above doorways in what might be described as a mocking gesture. Given that Democrats generally have a greater proclivity for whimsy than Republicans do, it figures.
W Missing
George W. Bush made such a big deal out of his middle initial during his campaign that he'll probably go into the history books as Dubya, 43rd president of the United States. And that's how they'll have to spell it, too, if they try chronicling the Bush years using a computer keyboard at the Executive Office Building at the White House. It seems that some clever Clinton administration staffers took a wry parting shot at their successor by removing or disabling the "W" key from the keyboards. Bush aides say they found a number of keys taped above doorways in what might be described as a mocking gesture. Given that Democrats generally have a greater proclivity for whimsy than Republicans do, it figures.
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