A Few Observations (a.k.a., Still Ranting)
You can always tell if a person is a member of the Cult of Bush by their words. Any time you see a politician or right-wing hack speaking in support of Bush on the news, they all seem to repeat the same words and phrases over and over and they all speak as though they share a singular mind, like the Borg (but without the intelligence). They hammer away at whatever their talking point for the day is, without ever answering the real questions. You do have to give them credit though, as they are quite good at manipulating American media by staying so consistently "on message." (even though the message is so consistently wrong, false, misleading, etc.)There is one phrase which stands out in particular, as the Cult uses it relentlessly: "The President has said..." Any time they are asked to explain why Bush was so wrong about such things as WMD's and ties to Al Qaida, they dodge the question and say something like, "If you look at what the President has said, _____________"(and here you can insert whatever the party line is, such as, "the world is better off without Saddam Hussein in power, and he still says it was the right thing to do.").
And even though members of the Cult usually fail to answer the question that was asked, the mainstream press and cable news reports the story as: "The President has said that he believes the world is better off without Saddam in power, and he still believes that it was the right thing to do." The constant repetition of such phrases by the Cult infects mainstream media to the point that they repeat the phrase without even noticing that it was planted there.
"The President has said
The President has said
The President has said
The President has said
The President has said
The President has said
The President has said
The President has said..."
...ummmm, yeah, it's having a hypnotic effect on me...all of a sudden permanent tax cuts sound like a great idea, even though we are running massive deficits...
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...Okay, so I had to get that out of my system. I usually try to switch it up from day to day so I'm not just ranting about politics constantly. I've kind of been in a winter funk, so it was either ranting about politics or whining about things in my life that I'm not happy about at the moment. I've decided that posting depressing pieces doesn't necessarily help me feel better when I'm down, and that trying to channel that negative energy into positive thoughts is far better for my well being.
Winter has been brutal here for the last couple of weeks. The chindchill has been hovering at -10°F to -20°F for a couple of weeks. We got two feet of snow Saturday night, then from last night to tonight we got about 8 inches more. I like this time of year, but it can be tough when the weather is this harsh. I think I just need to go skiing this weekend. Yes, that's the answer.
That's it for now, I need to clean my refrigerator out----especially the milk that expired on December 26th. Oops.
posted by Skrambled Egghead Reborn @ 6:53 PM
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