Monday, August 02, 2004
We're Turning the Corner?
Bush May Want to Consider Changing his Slogan
Last Friday, I watched President Bush's address to a crowd in Springfield, MO. It was vintage Bush - feisty, coherent and ready to rumble. It was the competitive spirit unleashed after a vocal and well run Democratic Convention. A vigorous debate is what our country needs. But after hearing Bush's message that "We've turned the corner," I experienced some congnitive dissonance over the weekend and must ask, what corner have we turned?
Oil Hits Fresh Record High Near $44
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33563-2004Aug2.html
Financial districts in NYC, N.J. and D.C. on high terror alert
http://www.usatoday.com/money/sept11/2004-08-01-nyc-terrorthreat_x.htm
Political heat follows record-deficit forecast
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=54&u_sid=1162810
Bombers hit Christian churches in Baghdad, Mosul
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-07-31-turks-kidnapped_x.htm
Last Friday, I watched President Bush's address to a crowd in Springfield, MO. It was vintage Bush - feisty, coherent and ready to rumble. It was the competitive spirit unleashed after a vocal and well run Democratic Convention. A vigorous debate is what our country needs. But after hearing Bush's message that "We've turned the corner," I experienced some congnitive dissonance over the weekend and must ask, what corner have we turned?
Oil Hits Fresh Record High Near $44
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33563-2004Aug2.html
Financial districts in NYC, N.J. and D.C. on high terror alert
http://www.usatoday.com/money/sept11/2004-08-01-nyc-terrorthreat_x.htm
Political heat follows record-deficit forecast
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=54&u_sid=1162810
Bombers hit Christian churches in Baghdad, Mosul
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-07-31-turks-kidnapped_x.htm
