Wednesday, January 19

Bush gets his crown

325° 25' NET

Inauguration takes place tomorrow. I am curious to see if G can beat his dad in the cost of the whole thing.

I'm also interested in seeing what kind of 'patriotic' tint it will have and how is the military aspect integrated in it.


Vector at Wednesday, January 19, 2005

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21 January, 2005 19:47 Blogger Vector said...

Well, the speech was more than I expected. A bit round though, but less on the religious side. I thought he might have more of that...stuff.

Then of course Freedomâ„¢ and Libertyâ„¢ were mentioned quite regularly.

Some parts came out a bit odd, like
'After the shipwreck of communism...' - if e.g. China didn't convert over night, then communism is still up and kicking. It also doesn't appreciate the work of those who were initiating this 'shipwreck of communism' e.g. Reagan and Gorbachev. And what about all the people who were fighting for their Freedomâ„¢ and Libertyâ„¢ at that time? It all is bundled under this expression 'shipwreck of communism'. You have to remember that it didn't come by just like that, it was far from accidental.

'By our efforts, we have lit a fire as well - a fire in the minds of men. It warms those who feel its power, it burns those who fight its progress, and one day this untamed fire of freedom will reach the darkest corners of our world.' - There is a proverb which says that fire is a good servant, but a bad master.

The cost of the whole thing was probably more than before, don't know that for sure, but I'd think that all the extra measures in security and so on are bound to bump the costs in a new level.

 
23 January, 2005 15:21 Blogger Vector said...

Costs are inflation corrected, of course. For me it is just a curiosity factor. Not a political etc. thing.

It's a bit early in my opinion to speak of global shipwreck of communism. It may not work and is destined to failure, but as long as there are countries which are functioning with communistic principles, it is not over and done with. USSR was not the only communistic country in the world.

And what comes to floating, I would think that in some point of history there was a moment when some people were thinking that it is working. We just have the luxury of hindsight to prove them wrong. It doesn't make any sense to go start something if you know already that it's going to be a dud.

This could also of course be the case with capitalism, democracy and everything we currently think are things which are working. At the end, maybe they don't, but at the moment most of the people think they do, so that's how we go on.

Your American eyes might have been fooled, but not with this one ;)
I think you have to seach long and hard to find one. But who knows, maybe we both are proven wrong later on - I'm not holding my breath though.

"I didn't want to make this overly political, but in interest of the topic I at least had to explain my perspective."

That's allright, it is nice to hear from you again :)

 
23 January, 2005 21:02 Blogger Vector said...

It is! Oh, and I did saw the episodes of making the Liberty Bike! Man, that bike was really a huge fabrication to make and pull together, but the end result was just mind-blowing!

Great show :)

 

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