<bearclaw@cruller.invalid> takes time out for his Two Minute Hate: > America's Truth Ministry, instituted by George W. Bush to better guide > you and the press about what to believe (I sure hope the Wayback machine > is capturing this): > http://usinfo.state.gov/media/misinformation.html> > Wow-- they even offer tips for the common man (and journalist) on how to > tell what's a lie. Thank God for the State Department! We are the > government and we are here to help you. But first: may we see your > papers, please? Uh, perhaps you're not aware of this, but the State Department isn't run by the Bush administration. Why do you waste emotional energy getting yourself riled up over anything and everything (supposedly) to do with George W. Bush? It's pointless. He isn't up for re-election, for one thing. Another Republican eventually will be, of course, but at this stage, that person has yet to be identified. And for another, he's going to be the president -- *your* president -- for more than another year. It looks like you're just going to have to ride it out, so you may as well settle in for the long haul. Geoff -- "I mentally relieve in my pants." -- Jae-Im Woo

Mike M. <marafine@nospam.aol> writes: > It isn't? Perhaps the State Department of some country OTHER than the > United States is not currently run by the Bush administration, but the > US State Department most certainly IS run by the Bush administration. Er, I seem to recall a certain...foot-dragging attitude in Foggy Bottom back when Colin Powell was SecState. > The United States government is intended to be a government of the > people, by the people and for the people. Oh, stop. You're getting me hot. I hear the strains of "America the Beautiful" swelling in the background, and it's hard to type with my hand over my heart. > Considering that a majority of THE PEOPLE disapprove of the Bush > Administration's behavior, any criticism is not only justified, > but required for those who are more loyal to their country than > they are to their political party. Justified criticism isn't the issue. *Pointless* criticism is the issue. Bush was duly elected (no, the election was *not* "stolen"), and so you Bush-haters may as well stop your whining. If you have a specific beef, that's well and good. But this inecessant snivel- ling about the mere _fact_ of a Bush presidency is tiresome. Besides which, the criticism in question was *not* justified, and was just plain silly. There's nothing on the referenced Web page that was worthy of criticism. The Bearclaw Entity simply mentioned it in order to provide dubious "context" for a non-specific sneer at the Bush Administration. Geoff -- "I mentally relieve in my pants." -- Jae-Im Woo