W: "My Government"

[kentuck]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/w-my-government_b_16224.html

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"My cabinet" would also have raised no hackles. If he really wanted to use the word "government," then how about these pronouns as antecedents for "people": "their government" or "our government."

But no, he said "my government." I don't think that's just a garden variety Bushism, a trivial malapropism. I think it goes right to his understanding of who he is, and who we are. It's not a Freudian slip; it's an Orwellian siren, an anti-democratic red alert.

The founding documents of our nation talk about the government, our government, a government, any government. If my is used, it's said on behalf of the citizens, not their rulers.

But W really believes that it's his government. He doesn't see himself as a steward, a trustee, a caretaker, someone who temporarily gets to steer the ship of state because of the momentary consent of the governed and an enduring set of rules. No, he believes it's his ship, his state, his rules -- his and his ideological fellow-travelers.

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[fooj]

1. Little Lord Pissypants is not the Lord and Master of MY COUNTRY!

He works for US!

We only have ONE country! If we don't step up and save it...WHO WILL?

Peace.:patriot:

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[flyarm]

2. idiot son is "my employee" and all i have to say is...

you're fired!!

get out of my house now you evil bastard!

ok..now i said it...

fly

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[TheWatcher]

6. You obviously have a bit of a problem with context.

WE aren't giving him anything at all. he was the one who said it. And we know what the context was.

If you don't, you should think about it for awhile. Then try again.

[magellan]

7. You don't typically refer to it as "my government" when talking

...to other US citizens, do you? If you do then I bet you get raised eyebrows too. The usual phrase among fellow Americans is "OUR government".

[AtomicKitten]

5. No fucker, it's MY government.

You just punch the clock.