Wednesday, October 29, 2003

I'm recovering from my fear of a frozen death-by-mini-ice-age and/or the decline of literacy due to global warming. Now I'm back to just fearing the president.


    The ambassador and the general were briefing me
    on the—the vast majority of Iraqis want to live
    in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people
    and we will bring them to justice.


    George W. Bush Oct. 27, 2003


You want to know where you can read this quote in its original context-- online? The goddamn US State Department website's transcript of the speech "Progress in Iraq." Read it now before the infamous Bush transcript doctors get to it.

I found it in the sig file of my friend Mamaliz and she's a reliable source. But the State Department had the balls to post the quote, as spoken, and that's extra special.