Sunday, October 08, 2006

Bush Says the Darndest Things: Thanksgiving Edition

You've also got to measure in order to begin to effect change that's just more -- when there's more than talk, there's just actual -- a paradigm shift.
--George w. Bush

Washington, DC
07/01/2003

I should mention these quotes are all care of Chimp-O-Matic which is quickly turning out to be my most reliable source of entertainment and outrage. Let's all say it, once again, "my, oh my, the man is a dumbass".

But this quote impresses me, for it's depth. W does a horrible job of expressing the thought, but I get what he's trying to say. He's trying to create a paradigm shift. Ok, well, he's certainly done that.

Not at all for the better, of course, but the changes he seems to have created through his policies have definitely altered people's thinking. The ideas of pre-emptive war, legalized torture, and spying on citizens are all concepts that Americans have had to learn to accept, ignore, or endure psychic pain as a result. Americans have been led to believe these policies are in their interest, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. It seems that the Bush's "paradigm shift" relies upon a great deal of self-delusion and ignorance and that fact alone should give us pause.

In this season of giving thanks, we should thank that we still have the freedom of thought, and access to information that can help us make sense of a nonsensical world.

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