Winning, too.

Crusaderiffic

"One of Bush's very last lines of the night was also one of his most interesting: "We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace." The simplest explanation for Bush's sudden eloquence can probably be boiled down to: "Hey world, you listening? We're up here, you're down there. Suck on it."

"But that doesn't sound quite right. A possible suggestion is that Bush was referring to Martin Luther King's "mountaintop" speech, where Dr. King said, "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land." But let's face it, the chances of Bush deliberately paraphrasing the nation's greatest civil rights leader are slimmer than a supermodel on a hunger strike.

"No, the best guess may be that the mighty mountain Bush was talking about is the Biblical mountain God took Moses up, just before Moses picked Joshua to lead the Israelites into the promised land. Incidentally, Joshua was a military leader who kicked a whole lot of nonbeliever ass, and the book of Joshua is widely cited as a justification for the Crusades. Oh yes, you know the fundies liked that one!"

What's the use if folks can figure it out that easily?

Arf