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roachboy · 06-29-2005, 05:39 AM

i would be curious to see the ratings for the speech last night--my suspicion is that the television audience was not much bigger than that at ft bragg.

so about the speech: first it was vaguely interesting that bush's handlers chose to position george in front of a mlitary audience which was no doubt ordered to appear to believe him.

and which of the various absurd/discredited arguments the administration has floated to justify its misbeggoten debacle in iraq could he have chosen to recycle, really?
it turns out that the bushwriters chose to try the vague association with 911--with the twist of a tacit admission of the self-fulfilling character of the argument:

well, the us occupation seems to have created the conditions that we claimed were there but really werent, so now the argument that we floated before but which was at the time false is now at a certain level true, so stay the course thank you and goodnight.

but before i go, following the same logic of creating self-fulfilling situations that has worked so well for us so far, we refuse to give a timetable for withdrawal because that would send a bad signal. similarly we feel that having an actual stategy for managing this phase of--well what is it--war, notwar featuring alot of accidents, reconstruction no matter stay the course---we feel that having an actual strategy would send the wrong message as well as the arrogant display of imperial power overrides the need for an actual strategy just ask paul wolfowitz we are still waiting for the flower strewn streets i am sure they are there somewhere, maybe with the wmd systems.

but before i go i would like to encourage you all to do what you would probably do anyway on the fourth of july but now because i say so what you would have done anyway is about showing your support for the troops.

but before i go i would like to say ok then, that's about it, nothing to see here folks, move on.

06-29-2005, 05:39 AM	#14 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	i would be curious to see the ratings for the speech last night--my suspicion is that the television audience was not much bigger than that at ft bragg. so about the speech: first it was vaguely interesting that bush's handlers chose to position george in front of a mlitary audience which was no doubt ordered to appear to believe him. and which of the various absurd/discredited arguments the administration has floated to justify its misbeggoten debacle in iraq could he have chosen to recycle, really? it turns out that the bushwriters chose to try the vague association with 911--with the twist of a tacit admission of the self-fulfilling character of the argument: well, the us occupation seems to have created the conditions that we claimed were there but really werent, so now the argument that we floated before but which was at the time false is now at a certain level true, so stay the course thank you and goodnight. but before i go, following the same logic of creating self-fulfilling situations that has worked so well for us so far, we refuse to give a timetable for withdrawal because that would send a bad signal. similarly we feel that having an actual stategy for managing this phase of--well what is it--war, notwar featuring alot of accidents, reconstruction no matter stay the course---we feel that having an actual strategy would send the wrong message as well as the arrogant display of imperial power overrides the need for an actual strategy just ask paul wolfowitz we are still waiting for the flower strewn streets i am sure they are there somewhere, maybe with the wmd systems. but before i go i would like to encourage you all to do what you would probably do anyway on the fourth of july but now because i say so what you would have done anyway is about showing your support for the troops. but before i go i would like to say ok then, that's about it, nothing to see here folks, move on. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 06-29-2005 at 05:42 AM..