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March 7 2003
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Let Them Hate as Long as They Fear
By PAUL KRUGMAN - NY Times 3-7-03
Why does our president condone the swaggering and contemptuous approach to
our friends and allies this administration is fostering, including among its
most senior officials? Has 'oderint dum metuant' really become our motto?"
So reads the resignation letter of John Brady Kiesling, a career diplomat
who recently left the Foreign Service in protest against Bush administration
policy.
"Oderint dum metuant" translates, roughly, as "let them hate as long as they
fear." But this week's crisis in U.S.-Mexican relations — a crisis
that has been almost ignored north of the border —suggests that it is a
perfect description of George Bush's attitude toward the world.
NYTIMES |
I saw no presidential timber present
at Bush's "news conference" last night.
I saw kindling wood.
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QUOTES OF THE DAY |
''Wise men talk because
they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.''
Plato |
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"We cannot solve today's
problems using the mindset that created them." Albert Einstein
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"I was proud the other
day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to
announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we
will."- George W. Bush, speaking about
Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 |
Bush should go and entertain our troops
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JEB WATCH:
The "Monkey in a man suit*"
Governor
*Bartcop.com |
Dockery, Bush Spar Over Train
Lakeland Ledger, FL - 3-7-03
... Gov. Jeb Bush and the prime backer of high-speed rail
in Florida are hurling insults at each other in the wake of Bush's call to
repeal the constitutional amendment that requires the state to build a bullet
train....
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Proposal to restrict tourists shelved
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL - 3-7-03
... Jeb Bush's office had feared that the
rule would be a major inconvenience to some
of the 8 million people who visit Florida from outside the United States each
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Senate gets to work on class-size amendment
WJXX, FL - 3-7-03
The Education Committee has unanimously approved a bill
based on proposals
made two months ago by Governor Jeb Bush, but with key
differences. ...
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Clinton, Dole to duke it out on 60 minutes
The Olympian, WA - 3-7-03
NEW YORK -- Former President Bill Clinton and his 1996
election opponent Bob Dole
will debate the wisdom of a tax cut in wartime as "60 Minutes" revives its
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