President Bush to Address the Nation 8pm EDT 6/28/05

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President Bush will address the nation tonight at 8 pm EDT in light of waning public support for the war in Iraq.

The President will give his address at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/28/bush.iraq.ap/index.html

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

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Lets see if I can guess the major points now:
- we're winning
- the insurgents are on the run
- the new government in Iraq is great
- the new government in Iraq needs continued support
- the battle against terrorism must be won
- we're winning the battle against terrorism
- the battle against terrorism needs continued support

Anybody got some other ideas on what he'll say?

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

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Lets see if I can guess the major points now:
- we're winning
- the insurgents are on the run
- the new government in Iraq is great
- the new government in Iraq needs continued support
- the battle against terrorism must be won
- we're winning the battle against terrorism
- the battle against terrorism needs continued support

Anybody got some other ideas on what he'll say?

There may be a couple asides concerning Social Security, borders and immigration, and maybe dependence on energy and alternate energy development.

Thanks for the list though, I hate sitting through those speeches. Now I don't have to.

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Those are the "gimmies".

What will be interesting to see if he talks about, notable actually if he doesn't, will the the Iraq Constitutional issue (its first deadline is about to pass) and the trial dates of the prisoners held at Gitmo (its been a year since the courts said they had to be tried or freed) and the accusations of abuse at Gitmo and elsewhere (funny how Amnesty International is a reliable source for justifying the start of the invasion, but not for this).

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[IanHarrop 43]

So the list is now:

Lets see if I can guess the major points now:
- we're winning
- the insurgents are on the run
- the new government in Iraq is great
- the new government in Iraq needs continued support
- the battle against terrorism must be won
- we're winning the battle against terrorism
- the battle against terrorism needs continued support
- Social Security
- borders and immigration
- dependence on energy and alternate energy development.
- the Iraq Constitutional issue
- the trial dates of the prisoners held at Gitmo
- accusations of abuse at Gitmo and elsewhere

Is that it? Is the list complete?

Add your own

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

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From one of my favorite movies, Brazil:

INTERVIEWER
Deputy minister, what do you believe
is behind this recent increase in
terrorist bombings?

HELPMANN
Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless
minority of people seems to have
forgotten certain good old fashioned
virtues. They just can't stand seeing
the other fellow win. If these people
would just play the game, instead of
standing on the touch line heckling -

INTERVIEWER
In fact, killing people -

HELPMANN
- In fact, killing people - they'd
get a lot more out of life.

INTERVIEWER
Mr. HELPMANN, what would you say to
those critics who maintain that the
Ministry Of Information has become
too large and unwieldy ...?

HELPMANN
David ... in a free society
information is the name of the game.
You can't win the game if you're a
man short.

INTERVIEWER
And the cost of it all, Deputy
Minister? Seven percent of the gross
national produce ...

HELPMANN
I understand this concern on behalf
of the tax-payers. People want value
for money and a cost-effective
service.

HELPMANN
That is why we always insist on the
principle of Information Retrieval
Charges. These terrorists are not
pulling their weight, and it's
absolutely right and fair that those
found guilty should pay for their
periods of detention and the
Information Retrieval Procedures used
in their interrogation.

INTERVIEWER
Do you think that the government is
winning the battle against
terrorists?

HELPMANN
On yes. Our morale is much higher
than theirs, we're fielding all their
strokes, running a lot of them out,
and pretty consistently knocking them
for six. I'd say they're nearly out
of the game.

INTERVIEWER
But the bombing campaign is now in
its thirteenth year ...

HELPMANN
Beginner's luck.

INTERVIEWER
Thank you very much, Deputy Minister.

HELPMANN
Thank you, David ... and a very merry
Christmas to you all.