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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:02 PM
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Mr. Bush plots his legacy. And he's right on target.
"I would like to leave behind a legacy or a think tank, a place for people to talk about freedom and liberty, and the de Tocqueville model, what de Tocqueville saw in America," Mr. Bush told Mr. Schieffer


"I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America."
Alexis de Tocqueville
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:05 PM
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1. Think tank and Chimpy...
now there's an oxymoron. You could fit that moron's entire knowledge database into one incoherent sentence.

:dunce:
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 08:39 PM
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16. Maybe a drunk tank.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:06 PM
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2. I imagine Pickles knows about de Tocquein'
but she hasn't been dealing it in a long time.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:07 PM
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3. Ha ha. Another Tocqueville quote:
"I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. As far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the decadence so visible today in the Muslim world and, though less absurd than the polytheism of old, its social and political tendencies are in my opinion more to be feared, and I therefore regard it as a form of decadence rather than a form of progress in relation to paganism itself."

Sheesh.
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:08 PM
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4. He should stick to the fish tank--another 7 1/2 " perch-bass
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:58 PM
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11. That's 7 1/2 LB (pound) perch...we gotta keep our facts straight ;-)
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:14 PM
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12. Based on the fish stories I've heard,
I think 7 1/2 inches is probably about right. :-)
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:08 PM
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5. A place for people to talk about him, yes
but a "think tank" as a legacy?
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MessiahRp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:09 PM
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6. LOL! Wow, Bush right about something...
Who knew?

Rp
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:11 PM
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7. By the time Chimpy's done, the only thing people will be able to do is
'talk' about freedom and liberty as they will have none.
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Ghost Dog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:53 PM
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9. Bingo. Samizdat, n/t.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:36 PM
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8. His 'legacy' is already a done deal.
War. Famine. Pestilence. Death.

He should spend the rest of his life in a 'tank', thinking about THAT legacy.

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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 03:56 PM
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10. Kicked and recommended
Terrific
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:49 PM
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13. lets put his brain in a jar
Edited on Mon May-08-06 04:52 PM by C_U_L8R
and label it "abby normal"

oh wait... no .. that would be a no-think tank
nevermind
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:58 PM
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14. Maybe he meant FISH TANK for that Perch he caught.
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 08:20 PM
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15. I'll donate the tank!


Awesome catch with Tocqueville quote!!!
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