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Bushes state of the Union address.

Hobbes · 2002-01-30 07:05:36

http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/bush.speech.txt/ And the democratics response. http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/gephardt.response.ap/ Personally I think it read like a "We will reach dry land!" speech (re: Waterworld). Too much emphasis on Terrorism. I'm curious how he plans to pump more money into…

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/bush.speech.txt/

And the democratics response.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/gephardt.response.ap/

Personally I think it read like a "We will reach dry land!" speech (re: Waterworld). Too much emphasis on Terrorism.

I'm curious how he plans to pump more money into everything, more into military and also cut taxes. Especially when the country is expected to be in a $106 billion defiect by the end of the year.

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#2 30-01-2002 2:28pm

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i liked the line :

Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay

I wasnt aware that Al Qaeda occupied Afghanistan. The were in Afghanistan, but occupied?

You're right Hobbes - a bit too much Waterworld.

jc

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#3 30-01-2002 8:45pm

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He said he saved people from starvation, but didn't thousands starve to death because the bombs dropped by the US stopped supplies coming through?

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