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Thursday, February 2, 2006 12:00 AM

Bush's Brezhnev period

Rejecting criticism and mouthing meaningless bromides, Bush gave a speech so stagnant it would have made the Politburo proud.

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  • Thursday, February 2, 2006 09:44 AM

    You ever see "Scanners?"

    There was an aawesome campaign for the movie that went like this...

    10 Seconds: The Pain Begins. 15 Seconds: You Can't Breathe. 20 Seconds: You Explode.

    This perfectly describes my experience watching the State of the Union.

    The last paragraph of Blumenthal's article sums up exactly why I can't under any circumstances listen to or read anything the Adminstration says. I've been saying for years that the (unintended?) irony of EVERYTHING that spews forth from them will soon make my head explode. We support "Democracy" but demand others overthrow their elected government? "I like the competition of ideas" in any country except my own...except when those ideas clash with mine, and then I denounce them. "Our differences cannot be allowed to harden into anger"...I'm talking to you ter'rist lovin' Lib'rls *point point point*!!!

    I have to stop typing...my hands are starting to shake.

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