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Liquor Dealer · 06-18-2003, 06:10 AM

"It is very difficult to speak of what is happening in America without resorting to the hyperbolic cliches of anti-Americanism that have lost their meaning after so many decades, but that have now finally come true."

Does this simply say he is just repeating all the "cliches of anti-Americanism that have lost their meaning after sp many decades"? Same old song - different verse.

There are a lot of things about the Bush administration I don't care for - mainly the relationship with Ashcroft which I assume will go away before 2004. This article seems to be a really good example of reductio ad absurdum. Continued blasts at the wearing of the flight suit are a perfect example - He wasn't wearing a military uniform - he was wearing a flight suit - a flight suit! The exact same type of flight suit anyone must wear when flying in an unpresurized jet aircraft. Check out a reporter after they have been luck enough to get a ride with the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels. Same flight suit.

PS If I didn't type so slow you wouldn't have had to wait.

06-18-2003, 06:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	"It is very difficult to speak of what is happening in America without resorting to the hyperbolic cliches of anti-Americanism that have lost their meaning after so many decades, but that have now finally come true." Does this simply say he is just repeating all the "cliches of anti-Americanism that have lost their meaning after sp many decades"? Same old song - different verse. There are a lot of things about the Bush administration I don't care for - mainly the relationship with Ashcroft which I assume will go away before 2004. This article seems to be a really good example of reductio ad absurdum. Continued blasts at the wearing of the flight suit are a perfect example - He wasn't wearing a military uniform - he was wearing a flight suit - a flight suit! The exact same type of flight suit anyone must wear when flying in an unpresurized jet aircraft. Check out a reporter after they have been luck enough to get a ride with the Thunderbirds or Blue Angels. Same flight suit. PS If I didn't type so slow you wouldn't have had to wait. __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!! Last edited by Liquor Dealer; 06-18-2003 at 06:27 AM..