Comments on: The Castle Aaaagh. Our quest is at an end! God be praised! http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/248.html Poise! Poise! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bibs http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/248.html#comment-174 bibs Thu, 29 Jan 2004 02:16:58 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000248.html#comment-174 Well, I found it, though it was not all that easy as Cheney used the word "freedom" 13 times in the speech, by my count: ---- It is clear that reform has many advocates in the Muslim world. Arab intellectuals have spoken of a "freedom deficit," and of the imperative for internal reform, greater political participation, the rule of law, economic openness, and wider trade. And we have begun to see movement toward reform in the greater Middle East. ---- But the transcript has the term in quotation marks, so maybe Cheney was just being ironic (I haven't seen footage of the speech, so I have no idea if he did that little "air quote" thingy with his fingers) ... http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040126-6.html Well, I found it, though it was not all that easy as Cheney used the word “freedom” 13 times in the speech, by my count:

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It is clear that reform has many advocates in the Muslim world. Arab intellectuals have spoken of a “freedom deficit,” and of the imperative for internal reform, greater political participation, the rule of law, economic openness, and wider trade. And we have begun to see movement toward reform in the greater Middle East.
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But the transcript has the term in quotation marks, so maybe Cheney was just being ironic (I haven’t seen footage of the speech, so I have no idea if he did that little “air quote” thingy with his fingers) …

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040126-6.html

]]> By: Beez http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/248.html#comment-173 Beez Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:24:39 +0000 http://sadlyno.com/wordpress/archives/000248.html#comment-173 There was something else that Cheney said in that speech that set off my "Rove Alarm." I don't have a transcript, and I'm working on a buggy computer, and I'm commenting on a post that no one will probably read - so I don't have what he said, but it went like this -- "Blah blah blah newly free Iraqis blah blah blah Freedom Deficit." "Freedom Deficit." Hmmm. Is this some concept I've never heard of before? The quantification of the lack of freedom in freedom-lacking countries? We might hear this phrase again, in response to criticism about the Budget Deficit. As in, yes, there's a large Budget Deficit in this country, but we're out getting rid of the Freedom Deficits in other countries. Siiiiiiick. There was something else that Cheney said in that speech that set off my “Rove Alarm.”

I don’t have a transcript, and I’m working on a buggy computer, and I’m commenting on a post that no one will probably read – so I don’t have what he said, but it went like this –

“Blah blah blah newly free Iraqis blah blah blah Freedom Deficit.”

“Freedom Deficit.” Hmmm. Is this some concept I’ve never heard of before? The quantification of the lack of freedom in freedom-lacking countries?

We might hear this phrase again, in response to criticism about the Budget Deficit. As in, yes, there’s a large Budget Deficit in this country, but we’re out getting rid of the Freedom Deficits in other countries. Siiiiiiick.

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