Arbiters of language and justice are seemingly obsessed with the issue of word count in President Bush’s speeches – in particular, his noted recent over-emphasis on the grandiose notions of “freedom” and “liberty“.
Well, then, this seems like an easy (if not excessively lazy) manner of proving any sort of ideological point, however disingenuous it may be in spirit…and with that in mind, we hereby are setting out to prove, through careful study of last night’s 2005 State of the Union address, that while President Bush does in fact love the idea of spreading American ideals around the world, he nonetheless hates the people who clean his toilets.
Ok, now, you need proof? Take a look at this precise, scientific statistical breakdown of the President’s address last night:
FREEDOM: 21 instances.
So easy. This indicates a devotion to America and all that for which it stands. Peace, justice, and the American way. Liberty. Democracy. Phrases that can appear on the back of coins. The president loves this shit.
POOR: 1 instance.
This noted depreciation in verbal occurrences, in turn, reveals a deep-seated desire to spit upon the nation’s army of vacuuming and janitorial specialists. And those people that work at Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Shack at the local mall? They, too, shall be subjected to the President’s spittle, in an unusual reversal of the food server/servee relationship.
Oh, and there’s one other remaining gem buried within this close reading of the President’s address:
ASBESTOS: 1 instance.
That’s right, Bush abhors people who live and/or work in homes or buildings constructed prior to the 1970s.
The White House, incidentally, was heavily redesigned in the 1980s, so it’s totally “safe” in this matter. Contractors added this cute little balcony on the South Portico during the Reagan administration, and while uptight White House historians like Doris Kearns Goodwin readily insist this was done under President Truman’s watch, we all know how Goodwin has herself been discredited time and again as a liar.
Ergo, asbestos…Reagan…Bush hates poor people.
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9 replies on “State of the Union, 2005: Fun with Word Counts”
Someone pointed out that when these investment companies mishandle our SS monies, we won’t be able to sue them if tort reform passes.
Why does George Bush hate old people, poor people, brown people, kids who climb on rocks, and handicapped people?
what about kids with chicken pox?
Hey jessica, maybe Boosh can up “Armour” his pwezidential limouzine, no?
Tee hee!
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And he kept going on about ‘Moloch this’ and ‘Moloch that.’ I mean come on, you worship an evil pagan god, we get it, now just eat our babies and move on with your life. I hate it when he just _talks_ about casting our nation into a pit of eternal darkness and tooth-splitting agony. Let’s have a little more action!
The irony of capitalists is that they talk about competition but when they have power they use it to rob the weak. To, in fact, lessen competition. Scared swaggering bullies.
But the real word count obsessives are at
style.org’s parser .
Didi: I think you made part of that up.
the poor are a drain on our resources. the handicapped too. we should eat them. well, not me, but other people should eat them. maybe the middle class, since they’re the closest to being poor.
I don’t want to sound like a snob, I totally love the poor, but I think we should eat the rich. I mean, let’s be frank, they must taste better. Think about it, they’ve got all the same muscles but they use them less so, like cows, there would be plenty of tender, tender meat. And they don’t have those stress hormones making them stringy and bitter tasting. Of course there are fewer of them but it’s quality not quantity as far as I’m concerned cannibalism-wise. God, I am so hungry for people. And justice.
justice is a dish best served over rice…with a side of people.