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2 interesting things courtesy of stay free! daily

• the only place you'll hear a sympathetic bush:
  
  • the "past is over" challenge: "Can you imagine a speech given by president Bush that would convince you that he has had a change of heart and could actually be the president of your dreams? It is all too easy to criticize our president and his administration. Life changing events (often of the extremely painful variety) force us to reevaluate our values and actions. What if something like this happened to our president. What if he were humbled in some way which caused a profound change in his outlook on life and his role as the leader of our country - turning the aggressive posturing of an all-attack-all-the-time leader into a gentler, wiser soul determined to demonstrate the power of honesty and vulnerability."
  • and the speeches (by 5 elementary school kids)

• google search results for "tiananmen":
  regular version & chinese version
  aaah, the joys of censorship. yup, that's right: google sucks!

also noteworty, this Web Essay on the Male Gaze & Advertising