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Some people look at me and see a certain swagger which, in Texas, is called walking. George W. Bush-GOP Convention speech, September 2 What Does Bush Understand? And no man understands any greatness or goodness but his own, or the indication of his own. Walt Whitman-Leaves of Grass 
The Silent, Cool-Hand Cowboy Bush Aspires to Be
Not since Jane Goodall lived with chimps in Tanzania has there been such a vivid study of the nonverbal patterns of primates engaged in dominance display. Bob Woodward's new book, Plan of Attack, reveals that President Bush decided to go to war based mostly, believe it or not, on body language. Like his father, Mr. Bush prefers more elemental means of self-expression than the verbal…Like the silent, cool-hand cowboy he aspires to be, who would shoot a man just because he didn't like the way the varmint was looking at him, the president preferred doing gut checks, visually sizing up advisors and Saddam, rather than dwelling on pesky facts. Maureen Dowd-"The Body Politic"-Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk-published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004 Not an Easy Job for Him I try to be as clearly as I can. George W. Bush-White House Rose Garden Press Conference, September 23 Testing the Bush War Doctrine
Editorial-New York Times, September 12 What Happened in 2000 to the Government's Budget Surplus? The U.S. government is going into the red at the rate of $991,000 per minute. (Do the math: that's $59,460,000 per hour. That's $1,427,040,000 per day. One BILLION, four hundred twenty-seven MILLION and 40 THOUSAND per DAY!) Motherjones.com Election 2004: Stop the Defeatism
Enough of the handwringing! Enough of the doomsaying! Do I have to come there and personally calm you down? Stop with all the defeatism, OK? Bush IS a goner -- IF we all just quit our whining and bellyaching and stop shaking like a bunch of nervous ninnies. Geez, this is embarrassing! The Republicans are laughing at us. Do you ever see them cry, "Oh, it's all over! We are finished! Bush can't win! Waaaaaa!" …Hell no. It's never over for them until the last ballot is shredded. They are never finished -- they just keeping moving forward like sharks that never sleep, always pushing, pulling, kicking, blocking, lying.
Michael Moore-"Put Away Your Hankies" - MichaelMoore.com --September 20 Does Fagoogle Contain Intellectual Property? Google was not satisfied, however, and are now attempting to claim that this website domain name contains their 'intellectual property': the word 'google'. Fagoogle.com-Press Release 
A Victory for Spouses in the Nation's Capital
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA) is celebrating the expansion of the District of Columbia domestic partnership law with coverage of financial rights and responsibilities. Specifically, domestic partners in the District may add each other to the deeds to their houses or titles to their cars without being subject to a prohibitory expense. Transfer of assets between domestic partners likewise is not taxed. This is the same for married spouses. The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C.--Press Release-September 21 Was Jehovah Pushing Bestiality? Must we, in order to be good, gentle and loving in our lives, believe that the creation of woman was a second thought? That Jehovah really endeavored to induce Adam to take one of the lower animals as a helpmeet for him? Robert G. Ingersoll-Some Mistakes of Moses, published by Prometheus Books, 1986 |
But Others Call It 'Attempting to Appear Butch'
So far, the preventive war doctrine has had one real test: the invasion of Iraq. Mr. Bush terrified millions of Americans into believing that forcibly changing the regime in Baghdad was the only way to keep Iraq's supposed stockpiles of unconventional weapons out of the hands of Al Qaeda. Then it turned out that there were no stockpiles and no operational links between Saddam Hussein's regime and Al Qaeda's anti-American terrorism. Meanwhile, America's longstanding defensive alliances were weakened and the bulk of America's ground combat troops tied down in Iraq for what now appears to be many years to come. If that is making this country safer, it is hard to see how. The real lesson is that America dangerously erodes its military and diplomatic defenses when it charges off unwisely after hypothetical enemies.