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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Katrina Claptrap

This guy sounds like England's version of Michael Moore.

His [Jeremy Clarkson's] topic, of course, is Katrina, and the blade of his hatred is honed to a superfine edge. We — we Americans that is — are pricked initially as Clarkson wonders how the “most powerful nation on earth could be so crippled by a bit of wind and rain.” Only a few words later we are slashed: “America may have given the world the space shuttle and, er, condensed milk, but behind the veneer of civilization most Americans barely have the brains to walk on their back legs.”

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