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Nice work if you can get it

Bush is taking off for a month of fun and fundraising. I expect he's going to use Lincoln's "don't change...

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #1 from Keith

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 10:48:04 -0500

I don't recall any other presidents taking off for a month at all, least of durring a war. I know, I know, major combat ceased on 5/1. Blah, Blah, Blah. But isn't this week's rationale for our presence in Iraq the ongoing War Against Terrorism? Well, Bush did give the world nottice. So let's just hope that those terrorists are polite and won't interupt his vacation with an unscheduled bombing or hijacking. That really would be a faux pas on their part.

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Posted August 4, 2003 10:48 AM by Keith

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #2 from marrije

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 11:11:14 -0500

A whole month off... I thought that was against the rules in America. Even over here in The Netherlands you get funny stares if you are a regular person and take four weeks off work in the summer.

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Posted August 4, 2003 11:11 AM by marrije

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #3 from Trgdr th Brnntr

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:13:23 -0500

t's clld th "Smmr Wht Hs", nd Prsdnts hv bn dng t fr dcds... bt tht dsn't mttr bcs w ll knw tht Grg W. Bsh s n vl Rpblcn, nd nds t b pnshd, r t lst rdcld.

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Posted August 4, 2003 12:13 PM by Trgdr th Brnntr

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #4 from Stefan Jones

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:23:38 -0500

Yeah, quit laying off the poor guy! I heard he's on a big self-improvement jag, and has signed up for a course on how to breath and eat pretzels at the same time.

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Posted August 4, 2003 12:23 PM by Stefan Jones

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #5 from JWoods

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 14:38:52 -0500

Yeah, right, the Summer White House. Where Bush chops wood and pretends to be a rancher.

The rest of the year he's at the regular White House, where he gives speeches without knowing if what he says is true and pretends to be the president.

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Posted August 4, 2003 2:38 PM by JWoods

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #6 from Jeff Crook

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:03:52 -0500

Only the devil finds Crawford in August a desirable vacation spot.

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Posted August 4, 2003 3:03 PM by Jeff Crook

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #7 from Kris Hasson-Jones

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:13:28 -0500

I have no respect for Kos: he used the name of my nephew, who was injured in Iraq, to support his arguments, over my protests (and my nephew's, after I told him about it). Kyle is not healed yet; to add the insult of using his name and the fact of his war injury to support an ideaology he does not support himself is despicable.

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Posted August 4, 2003 3:13 PM by Kris Hasson-Jones

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #8 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:36:51 -0500

Sorry, Kris; Kos is one of the best news sources on what's going on in Iraq, and we can all be used as data or an example whether we agree with the speaker or not. I nevertheless understand that you and your nephew are upset about it, and I wish your nephew a full and speedy recovery.

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Posted August 4, 2003 3:36 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #9 from Lydia Nickerson

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:01:01 -0500

Reagan was noted for taking long vacations, as well. There was a Doonsbury sequence where the people of America were invited to vote upon where Reagan should go to next. "Remember, folks, it's our vacation, too!" This was, of course, during a period of high unemployment.

I feel like I'm trapped in the summer re-runs.

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Posted August 4, 2003 4:01 PM by Lydia Nickerson

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #10 from Paul Riddell

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 21:51:56 -0500

Jeff, you've got that right. On the skiffy front, I keep wondering what the people at Armadillocon are thinking: to save a few bucks on expenses, they've been running their convention in August instead of October when anywhere in Texas is tolerable for those without molten lead in their veins, and then wonder why nobody in their right minds will visit any more.

As for his moving to Crawford, it's only because his "real" home (the one he had before he moved into the Governor's Mansion) is in Highland Park, Dallas' ritzy suburb. Although he tries to deny that he's anything but a homespun boy, you sure had a lot of people in Highland Park back in 2000 who were braying "When MY CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND George W. gets into the White House..." I guess cutting brush and playing cowboy works better for flyover country than publicly beating the servants for not dyeing all of the gardenias in the front yard to match the swimming pool.

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Posted August 4, 2003 9:51 PM by Paul Riddell

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #11 from Ter Matthies

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 04:52:57 -0500

I keep wondering what the people at Armadillocon are thinking: to save a few bucks on expenses, they've been running their convention in August instead of October when anywhere in Texas is tolerable for those without molten lead in their veins...

My solution regarding ArmadilloCon in August is to stay inside for twelve hours of panels in one day. Much like any other Con.....

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Posted August 5, 2003 4:52 AM by Ter Matthies

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #12 from Anne

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:59:50 -0500

Re Dillocon: Yup, and if you play your cards right you can park under a tree. And then the grackle droppings cover the windows, so your car doesn't greenhouse on you. (Would that I were going. Maybe next year...)

I just hope the President is staying hydrated while he's shrub-cutting, as the heat index has been around 115. Be a darn shame if he got brain-damaged from heatstroke.

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Posted August 5, 2003 10:59 AM by Anne

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #13 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:37:09 -0500

Paul, I was on the committee for the 1978 Worldcon in Phoenix, AZ. You can get wonderfully cooperative hotels if you have a summer convention date in a desert area that isn't a tourist destination.

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Posted August 5, 2003 12:37 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #14 from Paul Riddell

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 14:19:27 -0500

Yeah, Teresa, but Phoenix has reasons for visiting, not to mention restaurants that don't require having to travel ten miles overland in the heat. You have to remember: Texas ain't civilized, so if you don't have a car of your own when you visit, you're screwed.

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Posted August 5, 2003 2:19 PM by Paul Riddell

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #15 from Kip W

Wed, 06 Aug 2003 09:05:03 -0500

I say the elephant is very like a wall. My experience of Texas is rather extensive, and I remember Austin as a green oasis full of interesting shops and delightful restaurants, whether in 1970, or the 80s, or the 90s.

My memory of Phoenix is of an urban blight where walking a block between hotels was a trip from freezer to freezer through a sweltering hell that left my socks drenched. And it didn't take ten miles to get that way.

I guess the more time you spend somewhere, the more you get to know the good parts.

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Posted August 6, 2003 9:05 AM by Kip W

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #16 from LNHammer

Wed, 06 Aug 2003 11:35:39 -0500

This is why Tucsonans look down on Phoenix. Why, they're a full 10 degrees hotter than us—and have traffic.

---L.

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Posted August 6, 2003 11:35 AM by LNHammer

Nice work if you can get it -- comment #17 from DonBoy

Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:16:06 -0500

Don't be unfair to W; he's owned that ranch since 1999. How much more commitment to the ranching "lifestyle" could you want?

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Posted August 7, 2003 9:16 AM by DonBoy