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[bungo]

One episode from Denver: I took the bus from The Mall back to 16th Street. As it pulled up, I didn't have time to check the route against the various maps and timetables plastered on the bus shelter, so I asked the driver "Does this bus go to 16th Street". Yes it did, I fumbled with change to buy a ticket, sat down, and thought no more of it

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[zaitcev]

Many people wish that John Howard was the president. One might be forgiven not knowing that if he revolves in academic circles. Bush is a weasel. He collected his wits for five years before he named the islamofascists by name instead of calling them "terrorists".

Here's what John Howard said in his interview from 2005:

MAXINE McKEW: Prime Minister, if as you say you can't rule out that possibility that we could have potential bombers right here in Australia, what if today's announcement, this redeployment to Afghanistan and our continued presence in Iraq is all the provocation they need?

JOHN HOWARD: Maxine, these people are opposed to what we believe in and what we stand for, far more than what we do. If you imagine that you can buy immunity from fanatics by curling yourself in a ball, apologising for the world - to the world - for who you are and what you stand for and what you believe in, not only is that morally bankrupt, but it's also ineffective. Because fanatics despise a lot of things and the things they despise most is weakness and timidity. There has been plenty of evidence through history that fanatics attack weakness and retreating people even more savagely than they do defiant people.

[bungo]

Many people wish that John Howard was the president.

*blink*

Wow, that's a new one. I'm surprised many people in the US have even heard of Little Johnnie Howard. Oh, wait, he was the one crying crocodile tears at the Irwin funeral, right?