We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do

What did the aide to President Bush have in mind when he said these words to a New York Times journalist in 2004? For more visit www.ablemesh.co.uk/thoughtshistorysactors.html

''The aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the reality-based community,'' which he defined as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality - judiciously, as you will - we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''

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[808hawk]

i haven't seen any of your posts for a while. you always shine a new light with your turn of phrase. looks like the neo con, neo lib? way is all the krays (sic) its certainly all the rage.

[carefulcarpenter]

Thanks Randall for making this one a favorite.

[randallsellis]

Always a pleasure to listen to your commentary. Wish you the best in the troubled days before us.