Brad, You use "sic" to tell the reader that the word is intentional, though it doesn't look right.
I think that Bush mis-spoke but then he was supported by his staff. On the other hand, it might have been the speech writer who blew it. Then, Bush read it. And it was carved in concrete. You are right, it was probably conservation and not consumption. He is probably handed a speech just before he makes it. If he boo-boos, too bad. If he reads something that isn't correct, too bad - on to the next speech. An old Liberal Party leader I knew in England once told me: "Harry, I've made the same speech for more than 30 years - with different titles." That was OK in the past, but it wouldn't work now. Seems like every few hours, the Prez has to say something significant - even if it's insignificant - timed for the various news deadlines. I remember with awe Lawrence Olivier's acceptance speech for an Oscar. He spoke for 5 minutes. It was one sentence. His voice moved higher and lower, louder and softer, clause after clause in a hypnotizing cadence. The camera turned to Jon Voight (no mean actor himself) in the middle and he was sitting with his mouth open. (Ray would have loved it.) Well, Bush is no Olivier. But, then perhaps, Olivier is no Bush. Harry --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brad wrote: >Ray Evans Harrell wrote: >[snip] > > "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." -George W. Bush, > > Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 >[snip] > >I traced this back to the white house transcript: > >http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/09/20020923-2.html > > We need an energy bill that > encourages consumption [sic], encourages new > technologies so our cars are cleaner, > encourages new renewable energy sources, > but at the same time encourages increase of > supply here at home, so we're less dependent > on foreign sources of crude oil. (Applause.) > >OK. Any newspaper people or talmudic scholars >on this list? What does the >"sic" mean? I would think it means that Bush really >said "consumption" even though the listener might think >prima facie that that was an error >in transcription and that he really said: >"conservation". > >This is a good one, and I am proud of the White House >Press Office for making it so easy to verify the >source text. If only Cheney and Bush and Rumsfeld's >business dealings were so easy to trace! > >\brad mccormick ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of LA Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (818) 352-4141 Fax: (818) 353-2242 *******************************
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