Thursday, August 05, 2004

You can't un-see it!

Weird. Hard to believe, I know, but...


As if this wasn't bound to be the most-covered speech of the week anyway: Our president, George W. Bush, actually said,
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we."
Couldn't have said it better myself.

Ok, I'll be generous, and assume the best: He is simply not connecting the sound-bites that are given to him, as the rest of us connect our thoughts. He is a bad actor, playing a part he does not understand. That's still not good.

Harrison Bergeron is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. I think of it every time I read a reporter coddling our oratorially-handicapped president.

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It's just terribly interesting that the only time we catch 'terrorists' trying to get weapons, is when we're setting them up.

This is Gee Dubya's 'Mer'ka

This is disturbing. What does "freedom" mean to John Ashcroft, anyway? geez.

Fortean event: falling stones

Briefly, the Kerry economic platform. Also deals with his health-care plan.

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