Language Liberalism Freethought Birds Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds. Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time. The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church. If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Tony Snow on Howard Kurtz's CNN show:
"KURTZ: They also said the policy is not working.
"SNOW: No, what they said is that you need a new policy."
Right. Because the first thing you do with a policy that is working is throw it away in favor of a new one.
I know I said I expected Tony Snow to lie through his teeth for the current president - it's pretty much the job description, after all. But this? This is remarkable.
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