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Like his father before him, he is going out of his way to appease the globalists.

Total BS...he went through the UN because the damn Democrats demanded that he do so. Anyone remember the "Rush to War" argument that was so prevalent a few months ago? The argument this week is that he is taking too long and support is waning as a consequence. Now the argument is that he is trying to appease the globalists? Isn't that what they demanded in the first place? They need to make up their frigging minds already!

As for the tin foil theory...

George Bush's New World Order
©1997 by Gerry Rough

Conspiracy theorists who believe that there is a coming New World Order will often cite George Bush's 'new world order' speech as evidence of the conspiracy. President Bush enunciated his version of the new world order in his now famous State of the Union speech in January, 1991. This was not the first time that President Bush uttered the phrase 'new world order.' There were other times as well, but since this time it was in a State of the Union speech, its importance to the conspiracy theory movement cannot be underestimated. Just what was it that George Bush meant by the use of the phrase 'new world order' in this speech? Let's take a closer look at exactly what he said and the context in which it was given. As it turns out, the phrase was used at the beginning of the speech, so let's start right at the beginning to get the full context:

Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the United States Congress. I come to this house of the people to speak to you and all Americans, certain we stand at a defining hour. Halfway around the world, we are engaged in a great struggle in the skies and on the seas and sands. We know why we're there. We are Americans - part of something larger than ourselves.For two centuries we've done the hard work of freedom. And tonight we lead the world in facing down a threat to decency and humanity.

What is at stake is more than one small country, it is a big idea - a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peaceand security, freedom, and the rule of law. Such is a world worthy of our struggle, and worthy of our children's future.

So, we find the phrase 'new world order' is not said in the context of global government after all, but in the context of nations being drawn together for the purpose of peace, security, freedom and the rule of law. It would be completely dishonest and foolish to state that they are mutually exclusive, they are not. Certainly common cause can lead to common government. But let us also be honest about the statement as it is given. The statement freely acknowledges the diversity and sovereignty of nations and the common cause of all to seek peace.The phrase 'new world order' could mean anything here. As is usual with any State of the Union speech, the speech was long on rhetoric, short on any real substance. The only real definition that can be said of the phrase here is the definition that is given:

where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom, and the rule of law.

So the first use of the phrase isn't really all that it's cracked up to be. What about the second time the phrase is used in the same speech? Bush reiterates:

The world can therefore seize this opportunity to fufill the long-held promise of a new world order - where brutality will go unrewarded, and aggression will meet collective resistance.

So in this context it is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the first. This time the collective resistance theme is reiterated, and the theme of unrewarded brutality enters the picture. The rub here is that if the first is succesful, the second will follow. Seems obvious to everyone except the conspiracy theorists.

Frankly, where's the beef? It would seem as though all the fluff among the conspiracy crowd turns out to be just that. Perhaps if we all just wait for the sun to darken and the sky to fall, the conspiracy crowd can then be taken seriously. After all, the New World Order controls that too, right?

12 posted on 03/06/2003 8:52:52 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter
Conspiracy theorists who believe .....

Just one point of clarification: Something openly discussed can not be properly labeled a "conspiracy" theory.

19 posted on 03/06/2003 8:58:30 AM PST by FreeTally
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