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Friday, March 11, 2005
Neener Neener Neener
AP:
As President Bush campaigns to change Social Security, he needs to win over independents, married women and Southerners — people who tend to support him on terrorism but have indicated doubts about his plans for the retirement program.
Just over a third of Americans, 37 percent, approve of Bush's handling of Social Security, an Associated Press poll found...A majority of Americans, 56 percent, say they disapprove of Bush's handling of Social Security. A similar number in a recent AP poll opposed the creation of personal investment accounts, a proposal central to Bush's plans.
For some reason, Monty Python comes to mind:
ARTHUR: I am your king!
WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you.
ARTHUR: You don't vote for kings.
WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become king then?
ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, [angels sing] her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. [singing stops] That is why I am your king!
DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
I wouldn't want to gloat, but: mandate, my ass!
ntodd
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unfortunately, we are getting the the farcical aquatic ceremony.
maybe he wont get away with this scheme, but i have grave concerns.
then there is the torture. i would have never thought americans would accept that as legitimate policy, but it seems they do, and even if they don't, it's the fact. these guys are getting away with murder.
nice cat pics.
Posted by: charley | Mar 11, 2005 8:11:24 PM
Yeah, but since Bush actually is claiming that the basis for his system of government is the functional equivalent of "some moistened bint [lobbing] a scimitar at me" maybe we'll get lucky and the same result will obtain: to wit, they'll put Georgie away and allow him visitors and mail on alternate Tuesdays in months without "R" in them.
Posted by: Michael | Mar 11, 2005 8:36:23 PM
Michael, not good enough. I propose Newgate Prison for the guy.
Posted by: Linkmeister | Mar 11, 2005 9:09:22 PM
Woman: Well 'ow'd you become king then?
(holy music up)
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake-- her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite,
held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by
divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why
I am your king!
Man: (laughingly) Listen: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords
is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power
derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some... farcical
aquatic ceremony!
Arthur: (yelling) BE QUIET!
Man: You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some
watery tart threw a sword at you!!
Arthur: (coming forward and grabbing the man) Shut *UP*!
Man: I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was an emperor, just because some
moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
Arthur: (throwing the man around) Shut up, will you, SHUT UP!
Man: Aha! Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Arthur: SHUT UP!
Man: (yelling to all the other workers) Come and see the violence inherent
in the system! HELP, HELP, I'M BEING REPRESSED!
Arthur: (letting go and walking away) Bloody PEASANT!
Man: Oh, what a giveaway! Did'j'hear that, did'j'hear that, eh? That's
what I'm all about! Did you see 'im repressing me? You saw it,
didn't you?!
Posted by: MarkS | Mar 12, 2005 12:36:47 AM
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