I think I've deduced the function of the Department of Homeland Security: to secretly round people up so that they can be detained indefinetly. There are rumors going around that in order to make the DHS sound less intimidating Bush is going to rename it the Ministry of Love.

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Is our children learning? -George W. Bush

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004