Re: Refried Nukes

[Crouching Intern Stolen Sofa <emerald.eyes@rcn.com>]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:59:01 EST, Deliphus01@aol.com wrote:

>Just out of curiosity, can you recall any particularly inspiring phrases that 
>Clinton used in a speech?
>
>Leslie:
>
>No, only that they made me want to get up and do something positive (which I 
>often did). Inspiration. And, of course, that's what it's really all about. 
>Should be, anyway. These days it's more like: "Oh, SHIT, he's getting us into 
>WW III!!!"
>

Well, if Clinton's speeches inspired you like that, then they did some
good. Just out of curiosity, what did you think of Bush's first major
post-9/11 speech, the one he gave before both houses of Congress?

As for "getting us into WW III," I think we're already in it (albeit,
kind of like a slo-mo thing). We've been in it since September 11,
2001. Radical Islamofascists (as opposed to normal Muslims) declared
war on us some time ago, but we chose to ignore the seriousness of it
until a little over six months ago. Make no mistake about it -- we're
in a war right now. I saw it up close and personal that morning, and
was nearly killed (just pure luck that where I was, only glass was
showered on us, instead of flaming plane parts). And it was far more
gruesome and horrific than anything I've seen in photos and video/film
footage.

>>Well, that he was before my time, but in the footage that I've since seen 
>and heard, he definitely pronounced it "nu-cu-lar," as have many politicians 
>ever since.
>
>Don't know what to tell you: I've seen footage where he didn't...and he spoke 
>of it more than most, because of the events of that day. One thing he did NOT 
>do is threaten countries where the population is below the US poverty level 
>with nuclear force...as Bush has. It's not unusual to have a nuclear defense 
>policy, it's quite another to evoke it against terrorists who are not the 
>leaders of the countries in which they reside. I often wonder if he's going 
>to nuke the IRA.
>

I don't recall Bush threatening anyone with nukes, regardless of any
country's income level. In fact, I'm not quite sure what poverty
levels have to do with this.

>> again, JFK also had trouble with the correct pronunciations of  "Cuba" (not 
>"Cuber). 
>
>I wouldn't call that "trouble," but instead an accent. Pronouncing nuclear 
>"nucular" is not an accent...it's a mispronunciation. You know, like Whore 
>Dervies would be, or finance as in: "She was my finance, we was gonna get 
>married."
>Just because it's acceptable on Springer, that doesn't mean it's OK for the 
>leader of the country.
>

True, but "nuc-u-lar" is hardly a rare thing among politicians. And as
I think I said earlier, far too many of them can't pronounce "social
security" either. :-)

Leslie


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