Harry Pollard wrote:
[snip]
> Of course, Bush could be a dumbo who doesn't know the time of day.
He knows it's ALWAYS time for everybody to tell him how
great a Leader of The Free World he is.
> Yet,
> have you noticed how often he gets his way? Remember, I have been saying
> for months that his reputation is that of a negotiator. He was good at this
> in Texas. Maybe in Washington, he isn't being eaten alive (as was expected)
> but is getting a lot of his own way.
Ah! Now I see the right analogy to "Munich": Everybody giving
in to this hypertrophied baby's threat of throwing a WMD temper
tantrum.
>
> We'll see how it plays.
I finished [re-]watching Werner Herzog's _Lessons of Darkness_.
One of the most striking passages is where we see oil fires
over the land, and the narrator explains that the people
will seek to escape in death, but death will flee from them.
You better not pout,
you better not cry!
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why:
George W Bush is coming to town.
He's making a list,
and checking it twice:
He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice!
George W Bush is coming to town!
He sees you when you're sleeping.
He knows when you're awake.
He knows if you've been bad or good,
so be good for goodness sake....
I hope Saddam is [to use that famous word deployed by
every parent/schoolmarm vis-a-vis every misbehaving child]: LISTENING.
I have a friend who says that there are certain people
who are in need of *retroactive birth control*. Any wonder why
Bush is against a woman's right to choose?
\brad mccormick
>
> Harry
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> Keith wrote:
>
> >Karen,
> >
> >At 07:50 11/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
> ><<<<
> >Keith, this is for you and all the hard work you have shared with us
> >online. Not a conclusive opinion, but certainly elaborates on the case in
> >point.
> > >>>>
> >
> >That's nice of you to say so. But my hypothesis wasn't hard work -- just
> >me, being carried away by the apparent absurdity of Bush's ME policy. The
> >following article that you posted is one of the best I've read. Yet it's
> >self-contradictory! Michael Moran makes a good case for suggesting that
> >Bush/Cheney/etc are attempting to build up a second strategic oil reserve
> >(that is, in Iraq as well as in Saudi Arabia), and then he denies it,
> >saying it's too simplistic!
> >
> >Whether Bush is aiming for regime change in Saudi Arabia primarily (my
> >former hypothesis) or in Iraq, I wouldn't like to guess now. All I would
> >suggest is that, because the pressure that Bush is exerting is so
> >considerable, then any regime change, however "democratic" it might be
> >dressed up to be, will have been done under duress, and will only add to
> >instability in the Middle East.
> >
> >Keith
>
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