"I have to get on with my life." = "Let them eat cake."

[StefanX]

June 28th will be remembered as the "turning point" in America's perception of Bush's motives for the war in Iraq. August 15 will be remembered as the "tipping point" in America's perception of Bush's humanity. For on that day he became a Marie Antoinette clone -- using his own version of "Let them eat cake" -- when he said of his choosing strenuous exercise over talking to Cindy Sheehan, "I have to get on with my life."

"Why Bush Believes His Lies" by Justin Frank (psychologist)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/justin-frank/why-bush-believes-his-lie_5752.html

[Deja Q]

1. People are increasingly raised to do things out of self-interest only.

So when the crash comes, you bet crime will rise. Just so people can satiate themselves at the cost of their fellow man. WHAT ELSE IS NEW.

Most people have no sense of community. (I do have a sense of community, but it won't save me. Where I live, I'm stuck with a bunch of self-centered repukes and most of them aren't worth the time of day. Sorry. Some ARE, yes, but by and large they can eat cake with icing all they want.)

[phantom power]

3. I can't resist playing the old game...

(say it with me) "Imagine if Bill Clinton had said that!"

Every right winger in the country would have descended on the White House with torches and pitchforks. Richard Nixon would have risen from his grave as a zombie and marched thru the secret service bullets to eat Clinton's brain on national TV.

[In Truth We Trust]

2. kick

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ah yes so Nixonian of bush