Not even truthiness
On his decision to declassify intelligence, Bush said
"I thought it was important for people to get a better sense of what I was saying in my speeches," Bush said, answering a question from an audience member at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington. "And I felt I could do so without jeopardizing ongoing intelligence matters. So I wanted people to see the truth," he said. "And I thought it made sense for people to see the truth."Of course we didn't see anything, what we heard was not only the subject of much skepticism at the time, it was fully discredited shortly after. Like we need more evidence that the man draws no distinction between fact and belief.
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To read a the full transcript on the White House website, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060410-1.html
My favorite question is the one on sex trafficking (followed closely by a discussion of the influence and significance of public protests):
Q Your administration takes a very strong stance against prostitution. Because of that you do not disperse funds to a lot of very effective NGOs around the world who pragmatically combat sex trafficking by working with existing prostitution networks. ... Have you considered changing your ideas about prostitution for the purposes of helping either save or keep people from being enslaved in sex prostitution?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I appreciate it. I'm -- it sounds like I'm dodging here, but, again, you know more about this subject than I, and I will be glad to call Condi and talk to her about our policy. I thought we had a very robust strategy on exploitation of women and children, particularly around the world. I think I addressed this subject at the United Nations and was the only world leader to do. But as specifically about our position on prostitution, I'm going to have to talk to the Secretary about it.
This is a violation of the first amendment. To read more about ongoing court cases working to over turn the prostitution loyalty oath -- what the questioner was making a vague reference to -- follow this link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/sharp/news/usaid_20050923.
In short, USAID issued a directive that any US organization receiving HIV/AIDS funding from the US government must have a policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, even when using private money. That violates free speech.
right on!
right on bro!
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