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Well, Damn!
Jan. 30th, 2003 12:59 amHe got the country's name wrong, but Bush was precisely right when he said: "Your enemy is not surrounding your country. Your enemy is ruling your country."
an interesting slam of Bush's Speech by paleolibertarian/conservative Lew Rockwell... I'd like to see any of the so-called "opposition" Democrats take Bush to task even 1/4 this much...
Power Lust
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
I would rather eat my keyboard than watch the State of the Union speech, so consider this article an act of sacrificial public service.
The most irritating thing about the State of the Union is that we are a captive audience – in every way. This guy taxes us, spends our money on stuff he likes, sends our kids to war on his decision, lies to us, dares to believe that his personal will is somehow more important than yours or mine or anyone else's solely because he managed to eke out a few more electoral votes than Gore two years ago, and to top it off, expects that we will watch for more than an hour as he prattles, while his minions interrupt him only to stand and applaud.
Where to begin to criticize? George Bush is the biggest spender since Lyndon Johnson, increasing federal spending at a rate twice that of Clinton, and yet he stands up and demands spending restraint, seeming to blame everyone but himself.
He talks about freedom and opportunity and then brags about his new bureaucracies, spending programs, mandates, comprehensive plans, regulations, and goals concerning all our lives, from how our kids are educated to the cars we drive to the way we care for those in need.
He claims to care for life, decries partial-birth abortion, but refuses to rule out the use of nuclear weapons in the war he is plotting. He calls on America to feed the entire world, liberate all its women, educate all its children, and cure all its sick, even as ghettos rife with every social pathology languish miles from the White House.
Hypocrisy? He denounces bureaucrats and praises innovation only to demand a huge new boondoggle program to put researchers on the dole. Indeed, the underlying assumption behind the entire speech was that America’s commitment is identical to his own commitment, which is reflected in his plans for your money.
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an interesting slam of Bush's Speech by paleolibertarian/conservative Lew Rockwell... I'd like to see any of the so-called "opposition" Democrats take Bush to task even 1/4 this much...
Power Lust
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
I would rather eat my keyboard than watch the State of the Union speech, so consider this article an act of sacrificial public service.
The most irritating thing about the State of the Union is that we are a captive audience – in every way. This guy taxes us, spends our money on stuff he likes, sends our kids to war on his decision, lies to us, dares to believe that his personal will is somehow more important than yours or mine or anyone else's solely because he managed to eke out a few more electoral votes than Gore two years ago, and to top it off, expects that we will watch for more than an hour as he prattles, while his minions interrupt him only to stand and applaud.
Where to begin to criticize? George Bush is the biggest spender since Lyndon Johnson, increasing federal spending at a rate twice that of Clinton, and yet he stands up and demands spending restraint, seeming to blame everyone but himself.
He talks about freedom and opportunity and then brags about his new bureaucracies, spending programs, mandates, comprehensive plans, regulations, and goals concerning all our lives, from how our kids are educated to the cars we drive to the way we care for those in need.
He claims to care for life, decries partial-birth abortion, but refuses to rule out the use of nuclear weapons in the war he is plotting. He calls on America to feed the entire world, liberate all its women, educate all its children, and cure all its sick, even as ghettos rife with every social pathology languish miles from the White House.
Hypocrisy? He denounces bureaucrats and praises innovation only to demand a huge new boondoggle program to put researchers on the dole. Indeed, the underlying assumption behind the entire speech was that America’s commitment is identical to his own commitment, which is reflected in his plans for your money.
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