Welcome to the United Nations General Assembly #61 in New York City!  I'll be calling it UNGA61 for short, if you don't mind.  It just kicked off yesterday, but most of you Faux News viewers probably didn't realize that it's actually a week-long event with leaders of countries big and small speaking, too.  Your Commander-in-Chief, err, Friend-in-Jesus, err, Bushworld CEO, err, President of the United States spoke yesterday.  Video and transcript are available at the Crawford Ranch North website, here.

Bushworld Infomercial

I told you in an earlier entry about the new White House website convention of supplying a "fact sheet" that seems to accompany every public speech George Bush gives nowadays.  I can only imagine that it's Karl Rove's idea to be able to bullet-point some talking points and even expand on things not specifically said in the speech itself.  Perhaps Rove is just trying to combat that pesky, little, credibility monkey the Bush administration has been carrying around on its back since January 20th, 2001.  Perhaps it's just a way to boil it all down, so NASCAR fans can have something to parrot on Rush Limbaugh radio call-in shows.

In his address to the UNGA61 members, Bush spent about 20 minutes giving his infomercial for the "Broader Middle East."  We've all heard it --  9/11, blah, blah, blah, terrorists, extremists, ideology, democracy, and of course -- purple ink-stained fingers.

Actually, Bush delivered a calm, cool and collected speech compared to the last several weeks of hearing him speak here or try to answer questions from our U.S. media about torture, rendition and kangaroo courts, lately.  Two things did seem to stand out to me when I watched and listened to our president's address to the world leaders.

First, standing in front of world leaders, Bush decided instead to speak to the people in the countries in his BushWorld Broader Middle East:

Today, I'd like to speak directly to the people across the broader Middle East: My country desires peace. Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. This propaganda is false, and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror. We respect Islam, but we will protect our people from those who pervert Islam to sow death and destruction. Our goal is to help you build a more tolerant and hopeful society that honors people of all faiths and promote the peace.

Honestly, I only wish it were that simple.  Doesn't Bush even realize how impossibly hypocritical he sounds talking about propaganda, confusion and even terror?

Second, when he referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he started that topic off with "The world must also stand up for peace in the Holy Land."  I have to say, my heart skipped a beat.  In his pause between sentences, I thought for sure he was about to say something next that certainly was going to toss gasoline onto the still smoldering effigies of Pope Benedict laying around the main streets of some cities in the world.

Back to the fact sheet

After speaking directly to the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, (and others) the double-plus-good fact sheet at the Crawford Ranch North says:

Freedom, By Its Nature, Cannot Be Imposed - It Must Be Chosen.

Perhaps U.S. citizens now need to choose not to support the rubber-stamping Republicons this November that enable Bushworld democracy at the barrel of gun.  Let's be clear.  I'm not bashing the idea of democracy.  I'm just calling a liar and a hypocrit, "a liar and a hypocrit."

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