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Rampant Revelry

Local
- Rick Perry's at it again. This time it's the schools that he'd rather ignore. When you have the PTA is holding bake sales to raise money for textbooks, there's an issue. The school's administrations are, I believe, more focused on enforcing zero tolerance and dress codes more than they are actually educating the students.
Update: First hand account of NET SEND use.

National
- Paul O'Neill has balls. Period. Unfortunately, by the time this administration's done with him, he may not. C'est la guerre.
- Iraq analysis............................I'm still reading.

Random- Ever wanted to be a missionary but find yourself scared of the Congo, malaria or other possible maladies? Stick close to home.......witness to those who really need your help and are above all, a super captive audience.
- Proof postitive that the Girl Scouts are slowly working to kill off the public. Simply reading this data will add instant pounds to your butt.

Excerpt from yesterday's meeting with Vincente Fox:

Q Thank you, President Fox. President Bush, is it true, as your former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill says, that you started planning for the invasion of Iraq within days of your inauguration? Do you feel betrayed? And should he have released those documents?

PRESIDENT BUSH: First, let me say, I appreciate former Secretary O'Neill's service to our country. We worked together during some difficult times. We worked together when the country was in recession, and now we're coming out of recession, which is positive news. We worked together when America was attacked on September the 11th, which changed how I viewed the world. September the 11th made me realize that America was no longer protected by oceans, and we had to take threats very seriously no matter where they may be materializing.

And, no, the stated policy of my administration towards Saddam Hussein was very clear. Like the previous administration, we were for regime change. And in the initial stages of the administration, as you might remember, we were dealing with Desert Badger, or fly-overs and fly-betweens and looks, and so we were fashioning policy along those lines. And then, all of a sudden, September the 11th hit. And as the President of the United States, my most solemn obligation is to protect the security of the American people. That's my -- to me that's the most solemn thing an American President -- or any president -- must do. And I took that duty very seriously.

And as you know, not only did we deal with the Taliban, we gave -- working through the United Nations and working through international community, we made it clear that Saddam Hussein should disarm. And like he had done with a lot of previous resolutions, he ignored the world's demands. And now he's no longer in power, and the world is better for it. The Iraqi people are better for it; America is better for it; Mexico is better for it. The world is more peaceful as a result of Saddam Hussein not being in power.

And the task at hand, Mr. President -- and he and I -- he knows this fully well -- is to make sure that the aspirations of the Iraqi people are allowed to flourish. And we'll get there. It's a tough task right now. It's hard work, but we've done hard work in the past. And a free Iraq is going to be in the world's interest.

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Is it just me or did he just slide the responsibility of Iraq plans to Clinton, stutter on about the sanctions and Iraqi restrictions, sidestep the question altogether and ............could someone tell me how Mexico is better off now that Saddam has been captured?

Posted by kerry at January 13, 2004 02:47 PM | TrackBack