ddueck
Ghostwriter
Omnia dicta fortiori, si dicta Latina!
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Post by ddueck on Feb 20, 2009 8:55:03 GMT -8
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cheno
Conductor
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Post by cheno on Feb 20, 2009 13:03:41 GMT -8
This is thread worthy?
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Post by Hook on Feb 20, 2009 16:27:26 GMT -8
I think to understand the gesture, we must first understand the circumstances in which the statue (ok, let's get it over with: THE HEAD OF WINSTON CHURCHILL... oohhh... ahhh... spooky) was given to the Oval Office. It was as a response to 9/11. Remember, Bush saw 9/11 as an opportunity to engage in what he called the Global War on Terror. If I'm reading Obama right, I think returning the statue underscores his view of terrorism; a complex issue which cannot be defined as war and where military tactics in their strictest definitions are not the ultimate solution, much less echo Churchill's great deeds at a time and place in which they don't apply. It's a symbolic gesture.
At least Laura Bush's carpet is still there. Any word on the dog yet?
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Post by Carlton the Barbarian on Feb 20, 2009 17:28:56 GMT -8
At least Laura Bush's carpet is still there. ;D How do you know that? I suppose the last name tells it all. Laura Bush's carpet is still there but it's still doesn't overtake Barbara Bush's carpet, does it?
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Post by Kevin Smith on Feb 20, 2009 19:47:42 GMT -8
Isn't Obama God already?
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