"The strong have a duty to protect the weak."

- George W. Bush

Heard it just now on C-SPAN from a press conference today. Those were the only words I heard in the two seconds it took me to grab the remote and hit mute.

That the snippet just happened to come out whole like that was funny because I can't think of a phrase that so doesn't represent anything about Republicans. He's standing there with the CIA intelligence blame-shifters, Cobb and Silberman I think it is, so it's probably a quote supporting his attack on Iraq, but I just thought it was so counter to reality. But then, Bush's speeches are pretty much a littany of completely dishonest pablum that speaks the exact opposite of the truth, so maybe it's not so notable at all.

But still, that quote should be bookmarked.


Ooh, David Gregory just asked these two guys if Bush isn't still the accountable one since the CIA's bad intelligence has been given to many Presidents, but this one chose to start a war on it.

Chuck Robb: blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah

Gregory follows up with same question again:
'Doesn't the ultimate responsibility rest with this president?'

Laurence Silberman: song and dance

and he's included veterans cuts also. If you ain't rich, you're not getting any money from the Bush administration. The big monied industrialists knew what they were doing in backing this stooge.

at the expence of Richard Mellon-Schaife and the Coors family?

Oh, that's not what he meant, eh?

"The essence of civilization is that the strong have a duty to protect the weak."

What about the weak innocent people in Iraq? The ones that his troops killed or maimed or made homeless or parentless? Don't they count? I'd really like one of them to answer that!

And don't forget about little baby Sun Hudson. He surely didn't care about that!

Oops, I forgot, b*ush is a fecking weak bastard that has no heart.

The white man's burden.

I can not look or listen to the man for very long. When C-Span put this on, I was ready to change the channel instantly, but look at Bush. He's done. There was no cocky, arrogant, etc., stuff. His face had such color distortion, he looked liked the very sick individual that he is.

I think he has been destroyed, personally, and would look for less appearances because he has seen the writing on the wall.

of the Hill and went all God nuts was on Larry King warbling about poor Terri. Some caller asked her how the Bushes could be so hypocritical about 'a culture of life' when GW killed 140 in Texas Prisons. Larry said, good question. The bitch said, 'we're not here to talk about the death penalty. We're here to talk about promoting the culture of life."

Stupid cow. She wants what she wants and her vengence too.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

noblesse oblige

(noh-BLES oh-BLEEZH) The belief that the wealthy and privileged are obliged to help those less fortunate. From French, meaning “nobility obligates.”



AKA: Widely viewed by indigenous and other oppressed peoples as demeaning and presumptuous, suggesting that they cannot take care of themselves without western beneficence. He's using that same arrogance to butt into citizens' private affairs. Yet children in our country and throughout the world die of hunger, lack of healthcare, and war, but apparently we have no obligation to help them.

:grr:

Proctor and Gamble.

One hollow, meaningless buzzword after another to cement their mindless base into a kind of brand loyalty that requires little conscious thought.

I think while everyone was watching the World Trade Center fall, another group of terrorists were poisoning our water supply with "stupid drops".

how could he possibly say something like "the strong have a duty to protect" with a straight face and without an audible gasp from those there?
I would like to ask him...just for the guaranteed mumbly stumbly reaction: "Might not those words be a good title for your '06 budget?"
Can anyone imagine his "answer"?