Another precious moment from shrub...

[jamesd at echeque.com]

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On 8 Oct 2001, at 8:40, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> The really peculiar thing about Bush's speech was that
> while he was giving his war talk, you could see through the
> window behind him that people were flying kites in the
> park.  How bizarre to juxtapose the fragile innocence of
> kite-flying with the harsh reality of warfare.

Not bizarre at all.  All the images were very carefully
planned.

The non verbal images, the visuals, put the message that to
protect our ordinary, everyday, innocent way of life, will
require a heavy burden, a lot of warfare, carried out for a
long time, with no quick victories.

> And anyone notice that Rumsfield is losing it?  At his last
> press conference he was shaky, he wasn't answering the
> questions, he was trailing off and losing his train of
> thought.

He was being asked questions that would reveal the US
military strategy and tactics.

> Reminiscent of Reagan in his second term.

That would be the term where he made the world safe for
democracy and capitalism.

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