And, yes, you get to cry yourself to sleep again.
Prick.
that is still just a rumor, don’t go setting it in stone yet
So then obviously Rupaul thing has just as much credibility, right?
Gosh, do I feel stupid.
Squeege
I swear, as Eugene V. Debs is my witness, that I had no intent, whatsoever, to belittle, dis, or otherwise denigrate.
I thought you would chuckle. Ooops. Probably got you mixed up with a similar user name.
Geez, peace, you two. Calm down, 'k?
I have a dream that he will say this:
Ah, if only…
Here is a different slant than I have seen in some of the other speculations…
I remember, I saw it on TV. LBJ. I thought my imagination had run wild. Spasms of hope.
And then we elected Nixon.
Yes, of course Luci. I would expect that speculation about the Bush speech would be mixed up with mention a famous transvestite. Quite a natural mistake, not a bit dismissive, insulting or mean-spirited. Please carry on.
It would be an improvement. Anyway he’s dead!
Or, he is going to inform us that he will suspend the Constitution.
I traveled forward in time to bring you that.
- The original text reads “puissant,” though the President pronounced it as “pissant.”
The US has been accused of being ignorant about world events.
This has been the worst week for the Bush administration since 9/11: A series of bombings that killed scores of people including the #1 cleric in Iraq, Palestinians and Israel resuming their brawling; North Korea declaring that they have nukes; very bad economic news domestically; and fallout from the blackout.
Bush has to do five things:
- Put out sketchy details of the mother of all exit strategies regarding Iraq.
- Say he is committed to peace between Israel and Palestinians,
- Reaffirm the commitment to fight terrorism, in battles in the field, and batttle in people’s hearts.
- Remind North Korea that they are on the road to self-destruction, and that they have other, better, country-saving options; and
- Say that inherent and growing mistrust of the coporate world, mostly deserved, is hampering economic recovery, and promise to take steps to rectify it.
Doing these will shore up morale, are certain signs that he adusted his antenna, and getting clearer, truthful messages, and adjusting his policies as as a reult of receiveing them.
Despite my desire to channel Bush speechwriters (which is disturbingly easy to do…I just take the drek I put into a school paper, multiply by two, and take all references to actual facts out), I have hope. Not hope that he’ll say something useful, or hope that he’ll admit to any wrongdoing ever (the man would lie about forgetting to leave the seat down), but hope that he will have realized that hardly anyone believes him … and realize it to the extent that he makes an honest attempt at being human instead of a puppet.
He could, of course, announce his resignation effective at noon tomorrow*, but I haven’t seen any pigs flying and the moon is, if blue, a black shade of it, and Virgil isn’t using that electric blanket I bought him for his birthday, so there goes that hope.
*For those too young to remember, or who haven’t seen the newsreel clip, that’s a Nixon reference.
I suppose Bush could follow Tony Blair’s lead and announce an inquiry into aspects of the Iraq mess:
- what prior intelligence material was there of WMDs?
- what evidence (if any) links Saddam to 9/11?
- why was there a need to invade without UN support?
- what is the strategy for leaving Iraq?
Oh look, there goes a flying pig! :smack:
Bet he mentions Jesus and asks for US patriotic support in the war v terrorism.
Bush to Argue for Staying the Course in Iraq
This is great. The new policy seems to entail:
a) Lying about links between Iraq and terrorist attacks in the U.S., and
b) Delusional fantasies about peace and democracy in Iraq.
Some “Major Policy Shift”. :rolleyes:
The Timing:
Out of necessity. Love affair/control of media harder and harder to maintain. After a brutal month of August that saw nothing but bad news emerge from the barren Iraqi landscape, spin-doctors and media pundits looking right down loopy in their attempts to place a smiley face on the Iraq SNAFU. The steady stream of bad news, along with the body-bags and the lack of a cohesive strategy – exit or otherwise – have begun to have an impact on the voting public. Looking at the latest polls it seems clear that Middle America needs a fresh shot of Naked Jingoism as the last one has begun to lose its narcoleptic effect on Joe and Mary Sixpack.
But the Rove Administration knows not all is lost. What with70% of Americans still convinced Saddam had a role in 9/11 what better time to reaffirm a commitment to TWAT* beer and apple-pie than the week of the 9/11 anniversary along with the opening of hostilities in the NFL. What do you know, a captive crowd, fueled by one Bud too many and whipped into a frenzy by the prior Gladiatorial spectacle.
The Message:
While the precious blood of America’s finest continues to flow, and our hearts go out to each and everyone affected by those casualties, make no mistake, this was the Right Thing to do and 'murricans should be proud of their support for the invasion. Sure, we’ve suffered setbacks, but war is never 100% predictable. What is important is our sense of duty, sacrifice and unwavering commitment to the Iranian* people.
Let’s not forget that the world is now a Safer Place and that the blood of those young men has made that possible. That it was only two short years ago almost to this day that the unspeakable happened. I promised then that I would not rest in my Fight Against Eeevil and today, I am proud to say, I can stand here and tell you that I have kept my word. Never again, not under my guard and with God on our side.
[humble mode on]While there was some controversy as to the exact nature of the threat posed by Iraq, and that it lead to the weakening of relationships with some of our traditionally strongest allies, that is all in the past now. It is a Time for Healing, a time to put our differences behind us and think of the Greater Good of the Iraqi* People. It is for that reason that I have asked members of this Administration to resume talks with the UN and it is for that reason that I will ask Congress to disburse additional funds. The United Sates sole interest in this matter is to restore order in Iraq and give the country back to its rightful owners, the Iraqis. And the sooner the international community joins us in that task, the sooner we shall be able to do so.[/humble mode off]
-Tough talk about Iran developments. Expect some fearmongering.
-Vague talk about renewed efforts to find solution to the Israeli/Palestine conflict even in light of/specially due to, the latest setbacks. Passing mention of Abbas.
-Passing reference to a recovering economy
Blah blah blah 'Merica is great blah blah blah proud, commited and on course blah blah blah platitudes galore.
God Bless 'Merica and good Night.
*TWAT = The War Against Terror
*Getting one out of two right ain’t bad for Dubya.
My fellow amentias,
America has led the world in fighting the war against terrorism and in freeing the Iraqi people from the forces of darkness. America should be proud of what it has achieved.
Now it is time for America to once more demonstrate its generous character by magnanimously (Ed. Substitute this word for something with three syllabus max, take a para graph if you need it) offering the hand of partnership to those who wish to join our ever-growing Coalition of the Drilling.
In doing this, we honour and uphold the core values shared by America and its partners in the international community. It is partnerships such as these, which America is today asking the world to join in ever greater numbers, that make us stronger and more able and determined to fight the war against terrorism ™
America urges the world community to respond to the call and share the burden in bringing peace to the world by supporting US Resolutions at the UN.
Others may say Father Christmas is going to take me away in his special sack of leaking shit come Nov-Dec 2004 unless I get some other folks to take the hits for US personnel, and to cough up some cash before the markets ensure the $ slumps, but that ain’t right.
Nor is it right we want those foreign troops to take those hits in the name of the empire rather than in the name of the international community (the UN), nor that the empire will be the sole beneficiary – not that we fought the war over oil, you understand.
Armenia remains ennobled by its efforts to bring peace to all people.
CNN says this morning that the speech is “scheduled to last 15 minutes.”
My bet is that there’s not going to be anything new here, just “war’s going great, economy’s going good, ignore the large spacecraft hoving over our major cities,” etc.
A speech that brief might just be about the begining of a particularly unwelcome new policy George Witless Bush might be planning to introduce. You know–get it over with quick, them the shitstorm.
Now that has me worried. 
I say it will be to tell America to bend over as he applies the K-Y jelly that he hopes will smooth the way for this enormous dildo: