Thursday, July 21, 2005

Nature and terrorists abhor a vacuum While Londoners soldiered on despite today's attempted underground bombings and MSNBC trotted out some shrink to explain the psychology of terrorism, our own fearless leader put forth his analysis of the situation (soundbite transcribed by me from CNN broadcast): "They're trying to shake our will.  They're trying to create vacuums into which their ideology can move." This could go down in history as Bush's Black Hole Theory of Terrorism. Bush's brief TV appearance was accompanied by the usual anomalous body language -- smirking, jaw jutting, shoulder shrugging -- that left me waiting for musical accompaniment to his exhortations to Americans to remain steadfast and strong-willed: You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain Too much love drives a man insane You broke my will Oh what a thrill Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! 10:30:54 AM