From the Showcase, Robert of Let's Try Freedom talks about the main ideas that shape the two major parties & makes a good point about how many ideas each party holds, and what holding them - or not - means with regard to party membership.

But I'm not here to talk about that.

I'm here to say that I'm sick of Bush being misquoted from his 9/20/01 address to the joint session of Congress, one variation of which was tossed out by a commenter

""For us or against America," is an inclusive statement, for sure, but also a fascist one."

That is NOT what he said. He said:

Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

And let's put that in context:

We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place, until there is no refuge or no rest. And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. (Applause.) From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.

Notice that "with us" is defined as giving rest, refuge, or funding to terrorists. It does NOT mean "any nation that refuses to send troops to Iraq will be transmogrified forthwith into a sheet of radioactive glass".

So you can be as French as you want, and we're not going to bomb the crap out of you.

But if you want to act like Syria... I hope your life insurance is paid up.

Oh, and misquoting Bush AFTER reading this entry IS a nuke-able offense. So straighten up & fly right.

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