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Keith Olberman (Countdown, MSNBC) has a continually-updated segment unofficially titled, "the self-destruction of Bill O'Reilly." Well, let me assist in the self-destruction...

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At the always solemn anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in southern Poland, Vice President Dick Cheney opted to stand out and make a statement by not conforming to the respectful dress code.

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What - Only the parka was dry-cleaned this week? You couldn't borrow Dubya's black overcoat?

From Bush’s recent interview with the NY Times:

On the risk that his Inaugural Address, with its theme of ending tyranny, created a risk that people in totalitarian societies would rise up unrealistically expecting the backing of the United States:

I do appreciate the fact that people listen to my words. I also appreciate the fact that if people rise up in a totalitarian society, they can be killed. And so it's with that in mind that I speak.

Source: New York Times

Not only does Bush realize or understand the fact that if people rise up in a totalitarian society they may be killed, he appreciates the fact.

Keith Olberman (Countdown, MSNBC) has a continually-updated segment unofficially titled, "the self-destruction of Bill O'Reilly." Well, let me assist in the self-destruction...

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I am proud to present the greatest Bushism of all by way of video.

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Keith Olberman (Countdown, MSNBC) has a continually-updated segment unofficially titled, "the self-destruction of Bill O'Reilly." Well, let me assist in the self-destruction...

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Or is it incompetence; or maybe dereliction of duty. Well we do know it is something and whatever it is... it ain’t good.

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Keith Olberman (Countdown, MSNBC) has a continually-updated segment unofficially titled, "the self-destruction of Bill O'Reilly." Well, let me assist in the self-destruction...

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As seen on an episode of the "West Wing," the Peters Map projection uses accurate areas therefore displaying a country's, or a continent's, true size. The projection also allows you to compare the size of nations, where the Mercator projection (the one in which we are accustomed to) does not. I'm certainly sold on Peters projection; it makes perfect sense.

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Go to petersmap.com to learn more.

Bush on nation-building during 2000 debates:

"[Somalia] started off as a humanitarian mission and it changed into a nation-building mission, and that's where the mission went wrong. The mission was changed. And as a result, our nation paid a price. And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building. I think our troops ought to be used to fight and win war. I think our troops ought to be used to help overthrow the dictator when it's in our best interests. But in this case it was a nation-building exercise, and same with Haiti. I wouldn't have supported either."

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"Maybe I'm missing something here. I mean, we're going to have kind of a nation building core from America? Absolutely not. Our military is meant to fight and win war. That's what it's meant to do. And when it gets overextended, morale drops."

Source: Commission on Presidential Debates

Bush's second inaugural:

"So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."

Source: Washington Post

But of course it didn't mean anything. It is just rhetoric.

White House officials said yesterday that President Bush's soaring inaugural address, in which he declared the goal of ending tyranny around the world, represents no significant shift in U.S. foreign policy.

Source: Washington Post

Why own it if you all you have to do is say it? (Or break it?)