Good Advice from Brad DeLong

Whilest defending William Bennett's, Brad DeLong uncorked this bit of avice:

Never attempt a reductio ad absurdum argument on talk radio. You can't keep exact control over your phrasing in real time, and so somebody is bound to think you are endorsing the horrible absurdity that you are rejecting.

(And, while we're at it: never get involved in a land war in Asia; do not read My Pet Goat when death is on the line; never play poker with a man named 'Doc'; never accept a battle of wits where iocane powder is a factor; never blithely download and install a file from Microsoft without carefully, carefully researching what it will do beforehand; never get involved in an argument over Noam Chomsky; and never post about human genetics on you weblog.)

I see Brad has an appreciation for a certain fantastic movie...

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There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to let me down again.'

GWB
3 Oct 2000
Boston, Massachusetts

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Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes.

GWB
5 Jan 2002
Referring to Democrats opposed to the Administration's tax policy. Town Hall Meeting in Ontario, CA. (Source: C-SPAN)

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That's a chapter, the last chapter of the twentieth, twentieth, twenty-first century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the twentieth century. This is the first chapter of the twenty-first century.

GWB
24 Oct 2000
Comment made by the presidential candidate in Arlinton Heights, Illinois.

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The explorationists are willing to only move equipment during the winter, which means they'll be on ice roads, and remove the equipment as the ice begins to melt, so that the fragile tundra is protected.

GWB
18 May 2001
From a speech made in Conestoga, Pennsylvania.

Get thee to Extreme Unction

Extreme Unction turned one. Check it out... a fun site, especially for those who read. Sailor!

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REPORTER: What do you think tribal sovereignty means in the 21st century, and how do we resolve conflicts between tribes and the federal and state governments?

BUSH: Yeah -- tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. It's -- you're a -- you're a -- you've been given sovereignty, and you're -- viewed as a sovereign entity. [Laughter emanates from the audience]

REPORTER: Okay.

BUSH: And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between -- sovereign entities.

GWB
6 Aug 2004
Washington, D.C.

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I hope we get to the bottom of the answer. It's what I'm interested to know.

GWB
26 Apr 2000
The presidential candidate is referring to the Elian Gonzalez negotiations.

Talk like a Pirate, Type like a Pirate

I saw the Talk like a Pirate! stuff going around, but didn't get really jazzed until I found Type like a Pirate!

TerraGo

The company for which I work has gotten a makeover. LGI begat LGS which begat TerraGo.

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I think we agree, the past is over.

GWB
10 May 2000
The governor's comment after meeting with Senator John McCain. Quoted in the Dallas Morning News.

World's Suckiest Company Would Be...

Clear Channel *and* Ticket Master. Those evil sons of bitches are spamming me.

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Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person.

GWB
December 2000
From a Time magazine interview, published in the December 25, 2000 issue.

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They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

GWB
2 Nov 2000
The presidential candidate speaking in St. Charles, Missouri. Reported by USA Today. (Note: Social Security _is_ a federal program.)