Sorry to be off topic but I just took the time to jump in the time machine back to Jan 20, 2001 to read Dubya’s inaugural address. What a piece of work viewed through the lens of 2007. Some eye openers….

“And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.”

Where is is magical nation of which you spoke?

“Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.”

Now a classic Bushism “Some seem to believe…” Who are these people you so often speak of that are so fond of saying retarded things? And why do you insist on quoting them?

“Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations”

Translation, get ready for some war making people, I got some bones to pick!

“Together, we will reclaim America’s schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.”

Wow. Ignorance and apathy could be the title of your biography.

“We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.

We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.”

We will, however, ignore any actual challenges presented to us in our daily briefings.

WMD. Did he really blow this horn 30 seconds into office? Thanks for a horror free new century too!

“Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.”

Since I’ve never really been the responsible type, prepare for monumental failures in each of these areas.

“Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.”

Odds are good that if you didn’t know one of these people to “listen” to, you are now one of them and someone can “listen” to you.

“America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected.”

So by his own definition, America is now at it’s absolute worst. I thought so. Nice job!

“After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: “We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?’”

Translation: It’s okay that I’m stupid and week, ’cause God is on my side.

Jefferson response to Page: “Are ye drinking again John”

“Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation’s grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.”

Dude? Jefferson would have been shiting himself with rage had he seen a unelected President seated by an illegal Supreme Court decision.

“This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.”

Lucifer was an angel.

Actually Lucifer was a minor Roman sun god, hence the etymological meaning "light-bearer." He seems to be like the Dioscuri twins Castor and Pollux. Just like everything else in the Bible the use of his name is another example of its derivativeness.

Bit NOLA @ 3:

I hear the Fla. student said, as he was finally hauled away, "Help. Help. I'm being repressed."

And I thought what he said was, "Come see the repression inherant in the system!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76WQzVJ434

I know a lot of people here aren't fond of Biden, but if you missed the speech he is now giving on the floor of the senate, you have missed something important. Say what you will about the guy, he understands the middle east probably better than anyone in DC. This is the guy bush better listen to if he wants to have any success at all in the region. Biden has the road map if bush wants to get there.

Speaking of asskissing little chickenshits, this morning on MSNBC Contessa Brewer and Tim Russert were trying rip the MoveOn ad. Brewer should have watched KO's commentary last night, she could have learned something or two. Petraeus is now fair game as a loyal Bushie.

Some woman walked into Logan Airport with a black hooded sweater that had a circuit board, wiring and putty glued to the front it. Of course, she was promptly under duress with guns pointed at her face. "It was art", she claims.

Oh yeah, and she's an MIT student... figures... so smart that they have zero common sense.

I wonder if she got picked up by the fashion police? -BG

Of course once King Arthur shakes Dennis a little he just gives up in frusteratation and Dennis is free to go back to his hovel for tea. He wasn't beaten with a mace then dragged to a dungeon.

They won when they got us to call it the "surge". It's an escalation, always has been.

The Admiral's characterization of Petraeus dovetails nicely with the recent articles about how those around him have learned to manipulate Bush through flattery. Helps explain why Bush likes Petraeus so much...in addition to the fact that Petraeus tells him just what he wants to hear, of course.