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2001: A Year of W

14:08 / 07.01.02

Fucking great. Hilarious and very intelligiently written.

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In March, Bush announced that taxes on the rich would be replaced with an honor system under which the elite would be expected to increase their commitment to private, faith-based bribery and slush funds by some 50 percent.

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A March earthquake heavily damaged Starbucks' Seattle headquarters. Within days, the coffee giant bounced back and replaced it with 60 new headquarters at various places around the city.

On April 13, I wrote: " If Bush's foreign policy gets any more antiquated, the Crusades will resume in July. " Okay, I was off by a few months. Oh, and on April 15, wealthy Americans paid taxes for the final time.

Although humanity is pretty durable, many began to believe it didn't have a British cow's chance at customs of surviving the court-appointed Bush administration.

Aaron Sorkin, creator of the Emmy Award--winning The West Wing, was arrested for possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms, which explains Sorkin's vision of a White House peppered with idealists fighting good battles.

22:18 / 07.01.02

. . .we quickly returned to the frosty truth that we had a president and Jingo was his name-o.

Bush spoke of " evildoers " and " crusades. " They have a jihad; he gave us a GOPhad. We needed a president, and the guy who does the voice-overs for Underdog showed up.

Surely there are more than 10% of us who agree with this??

23:44 / 07.01.02

And the best part is, he really IS that stupid...

15:01 / 08.01.02

quote:"I don't believe the situation is defused yet, but I do believe there is a way to do so, and we are working hard to convince both the Indians and the Pakis there's a way to deal with their problems without going to war," Bush said.

Most Americans are unaware of the sensitivity of the term. In Britain, however, it is considered an ethnic slur toward Pakistanis who emigrated there in large numbers in the 1960s and '70s.

I heard the line being uttered on the news radio on my way home from work and had to shake my head. I couldn't quite believe it. The thing is, I'm sure he was completely clueless that what he said could be offensive.

15:03 / 08.01.02

A show of hands: Who thinks W is NOT in fact in charge but is kind of the idiot boyking "figurehead" who goes out and drums up support for the plans his Daddy and Uncle Cheney are actually behind?

Or is it just me?

15:45 / 08.01.02

soooortof. I think it's less a matter of "go do this" than him being so out of his depth that he's taking what advice he's given. He's not being controlled, so much as directed in a manner in which he probably thinks he's in control.

14:06 / 09.01.02

quote:Originally posted by Cherry Bomb:
A show of hands: Who thinks W is NOT in fact in charge but is kind of the idiot boyking "figurehead" who goes out and drums up support for the plans his Daddy and Uncle Cheney are actually behind?

This is exactly why I tried to stay aware of what Bush was saying, but would stop everything I was doing and listen to Cheney speak, when all this started. And you could hear it as well. Bush gave flag waving speeches that made impossible promises. My favorite being the "we'll wipe out terrorism" promise. Cheney on the other hand, seemed to be very aware of his words, and what he was saying. You got the feeling that he knew EXACTLY what he was saying. Course, I had to stop listening after awhile. Living in the Republican country that is Northern, VA. I just had to take a mental break by Oct.

MJ, might have a point, to a degree. But, even if Bush THINKS he's somewhat in control. I've got a sneeking suspicion that he's being manipulated like a puppet by the people around him.

So the question is less, is he, or isn't he, leading? And more, is he, or isn't he, AWARE he's not leading?

Course, this is all just gut feeling stuff, so what the fuck do I know?