Thursday, September 02, 2004
Bush speech: What tales do the numbers tell?
I did a frequency count on the words in Bush's speech tonight. Here it is:
0 Osama Bin Laden Iran North Korea (thanks to alert reader bgn) weapons of mass destruction (alert reader dgh)
1 18 1946 2001 20th 26 30 40 50 accept access accessible accountability achieve act action activist actually acute address admit advances advantage afford agenda aggression aggressive agree ahead aid aiming alarmed allied allowing alltime almighty Al Qaida's announced anything anywhere appoint appreciate approach approaches approaching Arabic areas arm armies armor Arnold around arrests arrive asked associates atrás attacks attention attract Australia authorize available away awed baby Baltics Barbara base based behind belief below Berlin Berlusconi best big bigotry Blair blessed blunt bodies body bombs boom both branded bravery breed bribed brings britain brothers buildings built bullets burdened bureaucrats businesses buyers buying call calm can't capitals capturing careers careful caring central certain chairman challenges challenging changed charge charging charities Cheney's choices circle circumstance civilized claim clinton closest coalition coerced colleges colonies combat comes comfort companies company compassion compassionate competition comply comptime confidence confirmed confront confronting congress consistent constantly contest continued continuing control convictions correct cost counsel counted county course created creating crimes crisis cruelty cunning current cut darkness DC deal decency decent deepest deeply defeating defending defense defied define dejaremos delegates demanding demands democrats denied denmark depend dependent deserves despite destruction details detained determine determined devised Dick dictator difference differently difficult dilute diploma direct disarm discounts discredit discriminate dismantling display distant does doomed door double doubling doubt doubters down drag dramatic dreams drift drug duty each early earn earned easily easy editorials egg either el elementary eligible embrace emotional empowering encouragement encouraging end ended endorsement enemies enemy english enroll ensure envisioned equality equipped especially european ever everlasting everwidening evil exam example exciting executed exiles expand expanded expansion expectations expenses explain explosion export expresses extend facing failed fair fairer faith faithful fall fallen family-friendly farmers feed feel feet fell fertile few field fight finds finish firm firms firsthand flaws flextime focusing folded folks forced forces foreheads foreign foresee forever form fortunately fought foundation founding freed friend frivolous frontiers fuel fund fundamental fundraising further Gainesville gathering George georgewbushcom Georgia gets gives global globe goal goals God's goes goodbye goodness goodwill government's governments grabbed graduation grandchildren grants graves greater greatness ground groups grow guides hall hand hands happen harboring hardest hate hats having he's headache headquarters healthy hearts helps hero heroes higherlevel higherpaying hills Hispanic Hollywood homeownership homes honorable hours housing Howard huge husbands I'm idealistic identifying ideology illness imaginary imaginative immediate important importantly incentives include including increase increasing independence information innocent innovative insisting inspired instead institutions intelligence intelligent interest interpretation intervention intimidate investment Israel it's Italy January join joined journalist journey journeys judgment justice keeps Kerry key kids kill killed killers kindness Kwasniewski labor lack land largely largest late laura law leadership leave led left legal less lessons let liberated liberating liberty's lifted line little living local loopholes love lovely lowering madman major makes manufacturing march market massachusetts maybe meaning medicine meet meetings meets mercy mess midst miles mission moments moms money mostly mountain move Mr. much murderous named nation's needed nest net Netherlands Nicaragua ningún niño noble nomination none Normandy Northeast notice noticed nuclear number OBGYNs occupation October off offensive officials often older ongoing online open opinion opponent's opposes oppressed ordering ours outdated outside overwhelmingly owning Palestinians paperwork parent parents' parties party pass passengers past patients pell penalty performance peril perilous permanent persevered person's picture piece plane planned platform playing plead point Poland police policy positive possible practice prayer prayers precious prescription pressed prevail principled prisoners problem problems progrowth promoting proportion proposals prosthetic protection provided provides punishment pursue quickly quiet radical raids ranchers reached really rebellion rebuilding received recently records reformers reforming reforms refused regimes region registered regulation relent religious remains remember remembered remind renewed renewing republicans require rescuers resentments resolute resolution resolve resounding resources responders responds responsibilities restraining rests results resurrection return returned rewarding rigorous risk road ronald rose routine run rural sacrifice saddling sadistic sadness salute salvador same sandstorms scheduled school; Schwarzenegger science scoring scorn season secret secretly secure seize seized sell send senior serious serves service serving settlers shaken share shifts shortcomings shot shouting showed shows sick silence simpler simplify sin sister sitting six skill slavery slowly soft solemn something sometimes son soon sorrow soul speak special specialist speech spend spirited sports stadium stage stake standards standing stands stars started state staying stood storming strap strengthening strengthens strengths strict striking strongholds succeeding successful such supporters surprise surprised sustained swagger system taken taliban taxfree teach teacher teachers tell terrorism test tested testing tests Texas textile thank thing think thinking threaten threats threequarters through thus tomorrow Tony tools toughest towers trade train trained transformational transit tried trillion tripled truly Truman turning twin twothirds typically tyrannies tyranny unanimous unborn uncertainty unchallenged understand understandably uninsured union unleashed urged using usually utmost valley valor value various vehicles veterans vibrant vice victories victory visit voters wake walk walking war Washington watch we'll we're weakest weakness web welcome welfare went whenever whether whitehaired why win wise wisest wives won't words worker workplace worried wounded write writing yesterday you're younger youngest yours zones
2 10 87 90 able abroad account acts advance affordable afraid allow Al Qaida anyone Arabia army ask battle begins being beside between beyond bipartisan Bush calling came cannot center changing climb college coming communities community compete confident consequences continue could council coverage credit dad danger day decade decisions deserve did died diplomacy doctors don't dramatically during economic eight elections employees encourage entrepreneurs Europe everything father fear filled final find flag force fortunate forward friends frightened gave Germany getting gift given go going goods half held him homeland honor Hussein's income involved Iraqi Japan judges kept knowing lady last laws lawsuits learn least level liability Libya look loved low lowincome made mass mate medical Medicare mom months morning next office only optimism out oval over owe owners Pakistan parents pay peaceful pension percent personal philosophy plans politician prepared presidency presidential pride priority program proposed providing purchase pursuing quote raising rather reading reagan record reducing requires respect responsibility retirement rise ruins safety saudi save savings seek seniors served services seven signed since skills societies soldier soldiers sources start states steady still strategy strengthen strong struggle superb sure systems thanks that's three throughout tough toward tragedy transform traveled try uniform use very violence vision vital within woman working worry wrote year york
3 accounts acted billion bless bring broader brought called career chance choice city code complicated courage days decision defend dollars done dream earth education effort energy face far fighting first focus generations give God greatest growing hard Hussein I've importance improve insurance into keep kind knew learned long longer lost lot marriage math matter may members met millions moment national offer once other others ownership political principal programs promise purpose relief senator set social spending stability students supporting taxes terror threat together told training transforming united used want wants way weapons yet
4 11th after ago allies always candidate cause century clear commitment different dignity election faced family fellow forget found funding generation get good grateful hear high history honored how just leaders life like man million minister moral nations opposed passed plan policies poor power prime protect proud reach September should side spirit story strength takes terrorist things today too troops two up vote voted word
5 about again another been before business character citizens conservative create even expanding federal free had heart hold job lead live message military need never nothing own peace provide right running Saddam school schools seen small then times values were whatever women
6 across also better care child economy four great here historic hope hopeful if its lives making path place progress said saw say support those tonight what young
7 against America's an back build children come democracy doing families has men opponent safer society term would
8 but future home most no opportunity president reform see take tax terrorists where which
9 Afghanistan change east from government many security some stand than there these when
10 American his liberty make me middle nation time
11 am help Iraq jobs or us was years
12 believe he now work
13 do your
14 health so
15 can country every it one them—I left noise words like "it" for a reason; see below
16 Americans as freedom must workers
17 at know
18 world
19 all they who
20 by new
21 be my
22 people
25 because
26 not
27 on
29 more
30 you
32 America
34 their this
38 with
46 for
52 are
54 have
55 is
56 that
72 I—no surprise here...
76 our will—relentlessly on the "future" message"
110 in we—He invites us tojoincollude with him
[Noise]
121to
127 a
161 of
217 the
243 and
Well. Any number of drinking games here, eh? Readers, any thoughts?
As I keep saying: Bush is very good. And if the country falls for this pack of lies it, and we, are totally hosed. Let's get to work and take our country back.
0 Osama Bin Laden Iran North Korea (thanks to alert reader bgn) weapons of mass destruction (alert reader dgh)
1 18 1946 2001 20th 26 30 40 50 accept access accessible accountability achieve act action activist actually acute address admit advances advantage afford agenda aggression aggressive agree ahead aid aiming alarmed allied allowing alltime almighty Al Qaida's announced anything anywhere appoint appreciate approach approaches approaching Arabic areas arm armies armor Arnold around arrests arrive asked associates atrás attacks attention attract Australia authorize available away awed baby Baltics Barbara base based behind belief below Berlin Berlusconi best big bigotry Blair blessed blunt bodies body bombs boom both branded bravery breed bribed brings britain brothers buildings built bullets burdened bureaucrats businesses buyers buying call calm can't capitals capturing careers careful caring central certain chairman challenges challenging changed charge charging charities Cheney's choices circle circumstance civilized claim clinton closest coalition coerced colleges colonies combat comes comfort companies company compassion compassionate competition comply comptime confidence confirmed confront confronting congress consistent constantly contest continued continuing control convictions correct cost counsel counted county course created creating crimes crisis cruelty cunning current cut darkness DC deal decency decent deepest deeply defeating defending defense defied define dejaremos delegates demanding demands democrats denied denmark depend dependent deserves despite destruction details detained determine determined devised Dick dictator difference differently difficult dilute diploma direct disarm discounts discredit discriminate dismantling display distant does doomed door double doubling doubt doubters down drag dramatic dreams drift drug duty each early earn earned easily easy editorials egg either el elementary eligible embrace emotional empowering encouragement encouraging end ended endorsement enemies enemy english enroll ensure envisioned equality equipped especially european ever everlasting everwidening evil exam example exciting executed exiles expand expanded expansion expectations expenses explain explosion export expresses extend facing failed fair fairer faith faithful fall fallen family-friendly farmers feed feel feet fell fertile few field fight finds finish firm firms firsthand flaws flextime focusing folded folks forced forces foreheads foreign foresee forever form fortunately fought foundation founding freed friend frivolous frontiers fuel fund fundamental fundraising further Gainesville gathering George georgewbushcom Georgia gets gives global globe goal goals God's goes goodbye goodness goodwill government's governments grabbed graduation grandchildren grants graves greater greatness ground groups grow guides hall hand hands happen harboring hardest hate hats having he's headache headquarters healthy hearts helps hero heroes higherlevel higherpaying hills Hispanic Hollywood homeownership homes honorable hours housing Howard huge husbands I'm idealistic identifying ideology illness imaginary imaginative immediate important importantly incentives include including increase increasing independence information innocent innovative insisting inspired instead institutions intelligence intelligent interest interpretation intervention intimidate investment Israel it's Italy January join joined journalist journey journeys judgment justice keeps Kerry key kids kill killed killers kindness Kwasniewski labor lack land largely largest late laura law leadership leave led left legal less lessons let liberated liberating liberty's lifted line little living local loopholes love lovely lowering madman major makes manufacturing march market massachusetts maybe meaning medicine meet meetings meets mercy mess midst miles mission moments moms money mostly mountain move Mr. much murderous named nation's needed nest net Netherlands Nicaragua ningún niño noble nomination none Normandy Northeast notice noticed nuclear number OBGYNs occupation October off offensive officials often older ongoing online open opinion opponent's opposes oppressed ordering ours outdated outside overwhelmingly owning Palestinians paperwork parent parents' parties party pass passengers past patients pell penalty performance peril perilous permanent persevered person's picture piece plane planned platform playing plead point Poland police policy positive possible practice prayer prayers precious prescription pressed prevail principled prisoners problem problems progrowth promoting proportion proposals prosthetic protection provided provides punishment pursue quickly quiet radical raids ranchers reached really rebellion rebuilding received recently records reformers reforming reforms refused regimes region registered regulation relent religious remains remember remembered remind renewed renewing republicans require rescuers resentments resolute resolution resolve resounding resources responders responds responsibilities restraining rests results resurrection return returned rewarding rigorous risk road ronald rose routine run rural sacrifice saddling sadistic sadness salute salvador same sandstorms scheduled school; Schwarzenegger science scoring scorn season secret secretly secure seize seized sell send senior serious serves service serving settlers shaken share shifts shortcomings shot shouting showed shows sick silence simpler simplify sin sister sitting six skill slavery slowly soft solemn something sometimes son soon sorrow soul speak special specialist speech spend spirited sports stadium stage stake standards standing stands stars started state staying stood storming strap strengthening strengthens strengths strict striking strongholds succeeding successful such supporters surprise surprised sustained swagger system taken taliban taxfree teach teacher teachers tell terrorism test tested testing tests Texas textile thank thing think thinking threaten threats threequarters through thus tomorrow Tony tools toughest towers trade train trained transformational transit tried trillion tripled truly Truman turning twin twothirds typically tyrannies tyranny unanimous unborn uncertainty unchallenged understand understandably uninsured union unleashed urged using usually utmost valley valor value various vehicles veterans vibrant vice victories victory visit voters wake walk walking war Washington watch we'll we're weakest weakness web welcome welfare went whenever whether whitehaired why win wise wisest wives won't words worker workplace worried wounded write writing yesterday you're younger youngest yours zones
2 10 87 90 able abroad account acts advance affordable afraid allow Al Qaida anyone Arabia army ask battle begins being beside between beyond bipartisan Bush calling came cannot center changing climb college coming communities community compete confident consequences continue could council coverage credit dad danger day decade decisions deserve did died diplomacy doctors don't dramatically during economic eight elections employees encourage entrepreneurs Europe everything father fear filled final find flag force fortunate forward friends frightened gave Germany getting gift given go going goods half held him homeland honor Hussein's income involved Iraqi Japan judges kept knowing lady last laws lawsuits learn least level liability Libya look loved low lowincome made mass mate medical Medicare mom months morning next office only optimism out oval over owe owners Pakistan parents pay peaceful pension percent personal philosophy plans politician prepared presidency presidential pride priority program proposed providing purchase pursuing quote raising rather reading reagan record reducing requires respect responsibility retirement rise ruins safety saudi save savings seek seniors served services seven signed since skills societies soldier soldiers sources start states steady still strategy strengthen strong struggle superb sure systems thanks that's three throughout tough toward tragedy transform traveled try uniform use very violence vision vital within woman working worry wrote year york
3 accounts acted billion bless bring broader brought called career chance choice city code complicated courage days decision defend dollars done dream earth education effort energy face far fighting first focus generations give God greatest growing hard Hussein I've importance improve insurance into keep kind knew learned long longer lost lot marriage math matter may members met millions moment national offer once other others ownership political principal programs promise purpose relief senator set social spending stability students supporting taxes terror threat together told training transforming united used want wants way weapons yet
4 11th after ago allies always candidate cause century clear commitment different dignity election faced family fellow forget found funding generation get good grateful hear high history honored how just leaders life like man million minister moral nations opposed passed plan policies poor power prime protect proud reach September should side spirit story strength takes terrorist things today too troops two up vote voted word
5 about again another been before business character citizens conservative create even expanding federal free had heart hold job lead live message military need never nothing own peace provide right running Saddam school schools seen small then times values were whatever women
6 across also better care child economy four great here historic hope hopeful if its lives making path place progress said saw say support those tonight what young
7 against America's an back build children come democracy doing families has men opponent safer society term would
8 but future home most no opportunity president reform see take tax terrorists where which
9 Afghanistan change east from government many security some stand than there these when
10 American his liberty make me middle nation time
11 am help Iraq jobs or us was years
12 believe he now work
13 do your
14 health so
15 can country every it one them—I left noise words like "it" for a reason; see below
16 Americans as freedom must workers
17 at know
18 world
19 all they who
20 by new
21 be my
22 people
25 because
26 not
27 on
29 more
30 you
32 America
34 their this
38 with
46 for
52 are
54 have
55 is
56 that
72 I—no surprise here...
76 our will—relentlessly on the "future" message"
110 in we—He invites us to
[Noise]
121
127 a
161 of
217 the
243 and
Well. Any number of drinking games here, eh? Readers, any thoughts?
As I keep saying: Bush is very good. And if the country falls for this pack of lies it, and we, are totally hosed. Let's get to work and take our country back.
