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Dec. 29th, 2011 10:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
realthog
"Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy from a foreign source."
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Date: 2011-12-30 04:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 02:29 am (UTC)Sure, unless they hadn't been born yet.
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Date: 2011-12-30 04:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 02:34 am (UTC)My guess is that much of the stupidity these politicians they don't believe themselves: they just figure that stupidifying the US public with a constant torrent of falsehood and misinformation will lead the nation to a state where our rulers can do exactly what they want because most of the electorate will be swallowing absolute nonsense while being engrossed in reality TV and the Living Frontline Hell of the War to Save Christmas.
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Date: 2011-12-30 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 02:35 am (UTC)I'm sure virtually no one in his audience noticed, as he continued speaking. It's the kind of thing that does take a second or two to register.
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Date: 2011-12-30 09:36 pm (UTC)At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane,
Our brave fathers, side by side,
For freedom, homes and loved ones dear,
Firmly stood and nobly died;
And those dear rights which they maintained,
We swear to yield them never!
Our watchword evermore shall be
"The Maple Leaf forever!"
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Date: 2011-12-31 02:37 am (UTC)I think Perry's preferred anthems are more along the lines of "I wanna get back to Dixie, I wanna be a Dixie Pixie . . ."
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Date: 2011-12-31 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 10:19 pm (UTC)Happy New Year, by the way! I hope 2012 sees no more of your health scares.
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Date: 2011-12-31 10:58 pm (UTC)And thanks, I hope so too!
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Date: 2011-12-31 12:52 am (UTC)"...a barrel of oil that we don't have to buy for a HOSTILE foreign source."
Because I do like to think of Canadians as friends, myself.
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Date: 2011-12-31 02:28 am (UTC)A plausible explanation for Perry's gaffe, but not completely convincing: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq are the first few oil-producers that come to mind who're allies of ours.
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Date: 2011-12-31 04:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-31 10:18 pm (UTC)Engaging what? Surely you're making a rather rash assumption there?