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"maff" |
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23 Jan 2005 01:29:43 PM |
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OT: High Hopes, Hard Facts |
High Hopes, Hard Facts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6857303/site/newsweek/
The world's a stage: His ideals are soaring, but now Bush must live
and lead by his own code.
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Jan. 31 issue - It was a speech written for the ages, and it will live
in history as a powerful affirmation of American ideas and ideals.
George W. Bush's second Inaugural Address was the culmination, in
style and substance, of a position he has been veering toward ever
since September 11, 2001: that the purpose of American foreign policy
must be the expansion of liberty. It is not a new theme for an American
president. Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Ronald
Reagan all spoke in similar tones and terms. Bush, however, has brought
to the cause the passion of the convert. In short declarative
sentences, influenced by the King James Bible and by his most eloquent
predecessors, Bush used virtually his entire speech to set out the
distinctively American world view: that "the best hope for peace in
our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world."
Fareed Zakaria
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/89a8d9491a4af2c2
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| User: "Bill" |
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| Title: Re: High Hopes, Hard Facts |
23 Jan 2005 03:38:39 PM |
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Medicine men and magic elixir salesmen have engaged in this kind of imagery
for centuries.
Why does Bush continue to support Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt etc.?
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Bill
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1106486983.110415.76030@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
High Hopes, Hard Facts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6857303/site/newsweek/
The world's a stage: His ideals are soaring, but now Bush must live
and lead by his own code.
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Jan. 31 issue - It was a speech written for the ages, and it will live
in history as a powerful affirmation of American ideas and ideals.
George W. Bush's second Inaugural Address was the culmination, in
style and substance, of a position he has been veering toward ever
since September 11, 2001: that the purpose of American foreign policy
must be the expansion of liberty. It is not a new theme for an American
president. Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Ronald
Reagan all spoke in similar tones and terms. Bush, however, has brought
to the cause the passion of the convert. In short declarative
sentences, influenced by the King James Bible and by his most eloquent
predecessors, Bush used virtually his entire speech to set out the
distinctively American world view: that "the best hope for peace in
our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world."
Fareed Zakaria
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/89a8d9491a4af2c2
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: High Hopes, Hard Facts |
23 Jan 2005 04:15:04 PM |
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"Bill" <wmech@worldnet.att.net> wrote in
news:3yPId.16751$8u5.2097@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
Medicine men and magic elixir salesmen have engaged in this kind of
imagery for centuries.
Why does Bush continue to support Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt
etc.?
Define "support".
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Support bacteria! That's all the culture many people will ever have.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: High Hopes, Hard Facts |
23 Jan 2005 11:31:03 PM |
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On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 15:38:39 GMT, "Bill" <wmech@worldnet.att.net> said
in alt.atheism:
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
... Bush, however, has brought
to the cause the passion of the convert. In short declarative
sentences, influenced by the King James Bible and by his most eloquent
predecessors, Bush used virtually his entire speech to set out the
distinctively American world view: that "the best hope for peace in
our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world."
Reworded:
"the best hope for peace in our world is for the US to wage war
wherever and whenever it sees fit."
--
"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds
are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her
tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the
existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of
the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear."
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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