A quote that says it all

by **skateari** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 03:10:04

"The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can't deposit the truth in a bank. You can't buy groceries with the truth. You can't pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like an albatrossâ€”all the way to the homeless shelter. And if you think that the million or so people in this country that are really interested in the truth about their government can support people who would tell them the truth, you got another think coming. Because the million or so people in this country that are truly interested in the truth don't have any money."

-Jeb Bush

Read it again. Make sense?

by **lowem** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 03:39:43

Wow. Damn!

Any references for that?

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 03:44:24

This is a very interesting quote. Where did you find it? It certainly is unusually candid for a politician to say something like this. I would like to know what the context was, what truth is being considered? about what? It seems to imply that the news media isn't telling the 'truth'. It seems to imply that wealthy interests don't support 'truth' for the masses. It seems to imply that the masses don't even want the truth. It recognizes that there is a 'truth' and that a small minority of the population wants access to it, but can't get it because it costs money to get it. Sounds to me like Jeb gave us some 'truth' for free.

by **MikeB** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 03:58:08

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 04:10:17

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MikeB', 'T')he last two sentences make no sense.

by **Agren** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 04:31:50

I looked around a bit, but can't really find and "reputable" sources for this quote, what I did find is this:

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')Reality? Well, according to George Bush's little brother and Florida governor Jeb Bush, some people just can't handle the truth. Jeb once told retired Naval Intelligence Officer Al Martin (cited in Bushwhacked, Sept. 2002, by Uri Dowbenko)..

by **Specop_007** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 05:51:31

Based on this
"Jeb once told retired Naval Intelligence Officer Al Martin"

Theres not much to say. As skateari posted it its obviously taken WAY out of context. What was the point of the discussion? What was the topic? What context was the qoute made in?
Are we walking about the "truth" being why we pay taxes, or the "truth" being why we're at war or the "truth" being Mr. Al Martins satellite data was 4 hours old.......

If your going to "seek truth" as all of you strive SOOOO hard to do, dont take 1 fucking qoute with no background information and suddenly stand on your soapbox and preach the evils of Jeb. :evil:

by **MikeB** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 08:40:58

by **born2respawn** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 11:22:19

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('skateari', '"')The truth is useless. You have to understand this right now. You can't deposit the truth in a bank. You can't buy groceries with the truth. You can't pay rent with the truth. The truth is a useless commodity that will hang around your neck like an albatrossâ€”all the way to the homeless shelter.

by **PenultimateManStanding** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 15:04:37

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MikeB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')Quibble with his style if you like, but his intent is clear.

by **skateari** » Mon 14 Feb 2005, 17:55:26

I found the quote from typing "the truth is usless Jeb Bush" in google. There were plenty of results. I heard the quote from a friend of mine at our peak oil meetup group and had to check for myself. There were over a dozen of links: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=th ... s+jeb+bush

by **Agren** » Tue 15 Feb 2005, 08:35:38

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here were over a dozen of links

by **smiley** » Tue 15 Feb 2005, 09:07:15

Great quote, but I think it is a tad bit too intelligent and too eloquent to have originated from anyone of the Bush clan.

So either he has stolen it from someone else, or he didn't say it at all.

by **Specop_007** » Tue 15 Feb 2005, 10:09:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('smiley', 'G')reat quote, but I think it is a tad bit too intelligent and too eloquent to have originated from anyone of the Bush clan.

So either he has stolen it from someone else, or he didn't say it at all.

by **BabyPeanut** » Tue 15 Feb 2005, 13:22:47

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lowem', 'W')ow. Damn!

Any references for that?

by **skateari** » Tue 15 Feb 2005, 15:23:01

I think the "Bush is an idiot" thing is just a game they are playing. When viewing their business practices and the "tricks" they pull it shows to me that they are not stupid in the least. I think the whole Bush studdering deal and him looking like a dumbass is just another trick they are trying to pull to make Bush appear like a normal, everyday American. Even though no everyday American suffers from such stupidity as he makes it appear to be, it is a cleaver marketing move.

These kids went to Yale. They are billionares. I do not find this quote to far out of their realm of knowledge. Im sure they just would not say anything of the sort to the American public. They approach that whole manner in a much different fashion.

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