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\nBush’s call for democracy in the Middle
\nEast.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A> It made me think of what put-upon Col. Wainwright Purdy III
\nsaid in the 1956 movie
\nto teach these natives the meaning of democracy. And they’re going to learn democracy if I have
\nto shoot every one of them!”<\/I> (So there’s no misunderstanding: This is not a movie
\nrecommendation. “Teahouse” was considered charming at the time, but it’s very weak tea.)<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"