Bush is a pathetic joke

Al Gore understands and promotes the role of technology in the world while
Bush warns students to be careful of technology. Here we are at the cusp of
the 21st century -- the most powerful, wealthiest, influential nation in
history -- and our "leader" is an illiterate ass.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1931297

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STILLWATER, Okla. May 6, 2006 (AP)- President Bush advised college graduates
on Saturday to use technology but not become enslaved by it.

"Science offers the prospect of eventual cures for terrible diseases and
temptations to manipulate life and violate human dignity," Bush said during
commencement exercises at Oklahoma State University. "With the Internet, you
can communicate instantly with someone halfway across the world and isolate
yourself from your family and your neighbors."

The nation's young generation will wrestle to resolve these dilemmas, he
said.

"My advice: Harness the promise of technology without becoming slaves to
technology. My advice is that science serves the cause of humanity and not
the other way around," the president said.

After the speech, some graduates said they couldn't make out clearly what
Bush said because of an echo in the audio system at Boone Pickens Stadium.

"I couldn't really hear it because the sound was so bad," said Michelle
Ward, who earned a degree in biomedical sciences.

Bush highlighted recent economic gains and told the graduates that an
improving job market is giving them more job opportunities.

"The job market for college graduates is the best it has been in years," he
said. "This economy of ours is strong and so you'll have more jobs to choose
from than previous classes and your starting salaries will be higher. And
the opportunities beyond are only limited by the size of your dreams."

Graduates in the 2,700-member class assembled in Boone Pickens Stadium wore
plastic slickers to keep their gowns dry from drizzle. Bush spoke from a
covered platform to a crowd of about 20,000 people, many of whom wore orange
raincoats made available to those in the stadium. Protesters staged a
peaceful demonstration outside.

Laughter and applause greeted Bush's reference to the university's cowboy
mascot: "If you read the papers, you know that when some want to criticize
me, they call me a cowboy. . This cowboy is proud to be standing amidst of a
lot of other cowboys."

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