In a world of his own I
“Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, pushed out of the administration for not being a team player, says President Bush was so disengaged during cabinet meetings that he was like a `blind man in a roomful of deaf people'.” — Associated Press report, January 12.
In a world of his own II
“The world is more peaceful as a result of Saddam Hussein not being in power.” — Emperor George Bush II, January 12.
Ripe for funny farm
“Liberals are using millions of unskilled and uneducated illegal immigrants to push for socialism in America. They demonstrate, remonstrate, demand, cajole, vote, and sue for an American safety net from cradle to grave. We see America as a beacon of freedom. Liberals see it as ripe for socialism.” — Jan Ireland, “a freelance writer from the great state of Texas”, in a January 13 comment piece on the right-wing Chronwatch.com web site.
Over the Moon
“People are psyched about this. It's not every day the president goes to NASA headquarters and says, 'We're going back to the Moon by 2015'.” — Paul Engola, director of business development for Lockheed Martin Space Systems, quoted in the January 15 San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle reported that “Lockheed Martin corporation, of which the space division is just one part, pulled in $26.6 billion in revenue during 2002. The company's space business brought in $7.4 billion.”
Corporate extra-globalisation
“President Bush emphasized American ingenuity, international cooperation and human destiny when he announced his new space policy this week, but the plan also reflected long-held ambitions of the US aerospace and energy industries... Among the companies that could profit from the plan are Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp., the Boeing Co. and the Halliburton Co., which Vice President Cheney headed before he joined Bush's ticket.” — Washington Post, January 16.
From Green Left Weekly, January 21, 2004.
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