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To: pookie18
Mr. Bush added, "When you see a shimmering, transparent bubble wall, you gotta ask yourself: which side of it am I on?"

I've got news for you, Georgie-boy: You're in a bubble WITHIN a bubble.
Yes, Sheehan is a bimbo appearing as you're polar opposite,
But as far as I'm concerned, that makes her a mirror-image reflection of your own idiocy.

The triumph of the mob is just as evil a thing as the triumph of the plutocracy, and to have escaped one danger avails nothing whatever if we succumb to the other. In the end the honest man, whether rich or poor, who earns his own living and tries to deal justly by his fellows, has as much to fear from the insincere and unworthy demagog, promising much and performing nothing, or else performing nothing but evil, who would set on the mob to plunder the rich, as from the crafty corruptionist, who, for his own ends, would permit the common people to be exploited by the very wealthy. If we ever let this Government fall into the hands of men of either of these two classes, we shall show ourselves false to America's past. Moreover, the demagog and the corruptionist often work hand in hand. There are at this moment wealthy reactionaries of such obtuse morality that they regard the public servant who prosecutes them when they violate the law, or who seeks to make them bear their proper share of the public burdens, as being even more objectionable than the violent agitator who hounds on the mob to plunder the rich. There is nothing to choose between such a reactionary and such an agitator; fundamentally they are alike in their selfish disregard of the rights of others; and it is natural that they should join in opposition to any movement of which the aim is fearlessly to do exact and even justice to all.

~ Theodore Roosevelt, 6th Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1906


26 posted on 12/14/2005 10:15:11 AM PST by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green

How you can you be a polar opposite and a mirror image reflection at the same time? What's the speed of light in YOUR universe?


28 posted on 12/14/2005 10:28:54 AM PST by brothers4thID ("Kerry demands that Iraqis terrorize children in the dead of night")
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To: Willie Green

incredible quote!!!! that deserves its own post- and then ping 'W' to make sure he uses it in his next speach


30 posted on 12/14/2005 10:35:03 AM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help...)
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To: Willie Green

36 posted on 12/14/2005 10:42:41 AM PST by pookie18 ((Hillary Rotten) Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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To: Willie Green

Excellent. After recovering from the laughter, there is a serious side here. Seldom is there a single bubble. When seen, there are often many bubbles.

The the universe of politics and culture is not a two dimensional polar world. Teddy is right. Hitler, Stalin, Islamofacists and PC-facists can all be dangers from different directions. We live in a multi-dimensional universe.


41 posted on 12/14/2005 10:56:50 AM PST by spintreebob
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