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What happend to Mr. Macho chainsaw rolled up sleeves working vacation, how macho is this: “hopeful” That’s what we get, from the big need-a-bounce in the polls speech? And if we don’t wiretap without warrants, the terrists will get you? if we’d had warrantless wiretaps, 911 would not have happened? Who’s zooming who, here? last I checked, there was an August 2001 briefing that came right out and told Mr. President that Al Quaeda was getting ready to strike in this country, via airplanes. Hello? Anyone NOT suffering amnesia? Mr. President said: “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world” Okay, you get a point for saying something that’s actually true: we are addicted to oil. But what’s with “often imported”— who’s he talking to? five year olds? Often? what kind of a lame euphemism is that? What he really means is we can no longer control all the oil producing nations of the world, and they are lately getting less and less inclined to do what America wants. Talk about an ill wind. if that’s what it takes to start turing this country away from oil, count me in. just don’t try to serve me any KoolAid, ’kay?
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