I'm sorry, but George W. Bush's "unplugged" moment at the G8 dinner deserves a second post. Watch it for yourself here, and then read the transcript:
Bush: I just want some movement. Blair: Yeah Bush: Yesterday we didn't see much movement Blair: No, no, it may be that it's not, it maybe that it's impossible Bush: I am prepared to say it Blair: But it's just I think what we need to be an opposition Bush: Who is introducing the trade Blair: Angela Bush: Tell her to call 'em Blair: Yes Bush: Tell her to put him on them on the spot.Thanks for the sweaters it's awfully thoughtful of you Blair: It's a pleasure Bush: I know you picked it out yourself Blair: Oh, absoultely, in fact I knitted it myself BUSH: "Right . . . What about Kofi? That seems odd. I don't like the sequence of it. His attitude is basically ceasefire and everything else happens."
BLAIR: "I think the thing that is really difficult is you can't stop this unless you get this international presence agreed." . . . Bush: Yeah Blair: I don't know what you guys have talked about but as I say I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon Blair: But that's that's that's all that matters. But if you, you see it will take some time to get that together Bush: Yeah, yeah Blair: But at least it gives people... Bush: It's a process, I agree. I told her your offer to... Blair: Well...it's only if I mean... you know. If she's got a..., or if she needs the ground prepared as it were... Because obviously if she goes out, she's got to succeed, if it were, whereas I can go out and just talk Bush: You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over Blair: [inaudible] Bush: [inaudible] Blair: Syria Bush: Why? Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing Bush: Yeah. Blair: What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way... Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet Blair: He is honey. And that's what the whole thing is about. It's the same with Iraq Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Bashad [Bashir Assad] and make something happen Blair: Yeah Bush: [inaudible] Blair: Bush: We are not blaming the Lebanese government Blair: Is this...? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in front of him and the sound is cut.)
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dim done
done = request.form("done")
if done = "" then
done = "No"
%>
Tell a friend
<%
Else
if request.form("done") = "Yes" then
'sets variables
dim email, sendmail
email = request.form("email")
Set sendmail = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
'put the webmaster address here
sendmail.From = "webmaster@aspbasics.com"
'The mail is sent to the address entered in the previous page.
sendmail.To = email
'Enter the subject of your mail here
sendmail.Subject = "Check out this website"
'send a specific page or send a site url
dim url
'url = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
url = "http://www.aspbasics.net"
'This is the content of the message.
sendmail.Body = "Site recommendation from a friend!" & _
vbCrlf & vbCrlf & "A friend has sent you this email and thought you would should check out this site." & _
vbCrlf & url & vbCrlf
'this sets mail priority.... 0=low 1=normal 2=high
sendmail.Importance = 1
sendmail.Send 'Send the email!
response.redirect Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_REFERER")
'Response.write ("Sent to ") & email
End if
End if
%>
"[T]he practice of arbitrary imprisonments, have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.' Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, August, 1788
