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So, correct me if I'm wrong here, but basically what the President said was that any country that doesn't allow the US to send armed troops into its borders, at the discretion of the US, will be considered a terrorist state and enemy of freedom?
What a crock of gooey-warm sophistry that was. Good speechwriters, juxtaposing lots of patriotic buzzwords and obvious emotional ploys in an attempt to get Americans to react with their guts instead of their minds. And todd...no offense, but I disagree. The squinty-eyed, pursed-lipped Bush looked as if he had been practicing this speech over and over again for an entire day. Which he probably had been.
Look left, pause, look right, pause, say something snuggly about Britain, look at Tony Blair (he's the guy sitting by your wife, so just look at Laura, okay?), etc. I found myself longing for Reagan, fer cryin' out loud! Say what you will about Ronnie, at least he could act!
And anyone else notice how that Texas drawl made "terror" come out like "terra"? The US is at war with Terra, folks! Can't say y'all weren't warned! Terra Firma, Terra Incognita, whatever, just so's we can shoot sumthin.
And why can this President not get the concept of seperation of church and state?
"In all that is to come, may God grant us wisdom, and may He watch over the United States of America."
Basically admitting that it's gonna take a miracle for this administration to act wisely?
Somebody tell this Christian to read Matthew 6:5-8.
And somebody tell this United States President that if he and Billy Graham and Opus Dei and Dr. James Leininger and their ilk want to solidify the power of this Christian Fundamentalist American Church they seem hellbent on establishing, they should do it on their own time.
I am disgusted. George W. Bush illegally obtains the Office of the Presidency. He then deliberately and arrogantly indicates with every action of his administration that the rest of the world can fuck off. When two members of al Queda are believed to have entered the US, the CIA passes the buck to the FBI, which passes the buck to the INS, which says "Ooops" after 9/11. Through his own actions and through the incompetence of the administration he leads, Bush played a crucial role in what happened last Tuesday.
And now he has the audacity to pretend he's the guy with the plan, that he's the wronged party somehow? Bullshit. His warning to the world reminds me of the way he and his party have been wiping their asses with the US Constitution lately:
"You won't voluntarily surrender your 4th Amendment rights and submit to an illegal search? Well, then, you must be hiding something! We now have Probable Cause to consider you a criminal and detain you while we look for something incriminating in every square inch of your property and person."
"You won't voluntarily surrender your rights to self-government as a soverign nation and allow armed U.S. troops to do what we want within your borders? Well, then, you must be hiding something! Terrorist-harborers! We now have the authority (from our Congress, NATO, and the UN) to kick yer ass six ways to Sunday, heathen-bastard-enemies of God and What's Right!"
And he has the balls to invoke the names of Freedom, Liberty and Justice while he does this.
For shame, Mister Bush. |
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