It even seems to be an accurate transcription: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/07/20010717-2.html On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:26:53AM -0400, Greg Newby wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:22:13AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > > >>7/17. President Bush also touched on cyberterrorism in his speech on world > > >>trade. He stated that "The United States and her allies will pursue a > > >>balance of world power that favors human freedom. This requires a new > > >>strategic framework that moves beyond Cold War doctrines and addresses the > > >>threats of a new century such as cyberterrorism, weapons of mass > > >>destruction, missiles in the hands of those for whom terror and blackmail > > >>are a very way of life." > > > > Hmmm. There's a missing conjunction in the list. That's a signature > > usage that his father was famous for. I haven't been paying much > > attention to him, but it might be worthwhile to do some text analysis > > and see how much of this crap is being written by his father. > > > > On the other hand, it may be a signature usage he learned *from* > > george senior when he was just a kid. > > Lots of the White House support staff (speech writers, etc.) > are from his father's admistration and/or Reagan (or Nixon, > in a few cases). I think this is a likelier explanation, but > who knows? > > The idea that GWB senior taught GWB junior how to read, write > and speak makes some questionable assumptions (i.e., that > GWB junior *can* read, write and speak). > -- Greg
