{"id":112,"date":"2007-05-14T17:38:07","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T21:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/2007\/05\/14\/bush-speaks-loudly-and-carries-a-small-stick\/"},"modified":"2007-05-14T22:31:26","modified_gmt":"2007-05-15T02:31:26","slug":"bush-speaks-loudly-and-carries-a-small-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/2007\/05\/14\/bush-speaks-loudly-and-carries-a-small-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Speaks Loudly And Carries A Small Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What important business did President Bush conduct this weekend? He <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2007\/05\/13\/bush-conducts-orchestra\/\">waved a small stick\u00a0\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 a conductor&#8217;s baton<\/a> &#8212; while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070513\/ap_on_go_pr_wh\/conductor_bush\">pretending to conduct a symphony orchestra:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should \u2014 concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try.\u00a0<script language=\"javascript\"> if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['qBEpIULEYuQ-']='&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;U=13btnci51%2fN%3dqBEpIULEYuQ-%2fC%3d593591.10650396.11330661.1414694%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4590546'; <\/script> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Smiling at me kind of devilishly,&#8221; Falletta said.<\/p>\n<p>She gave him her baton and stepped aside.<\/p>\n<p>Gesturing exuberantly, the president led the orchestra during part of its performance of &#8220;Stars and Stripes Forever.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article goes on to quote Falletta as saying Bush knew the score and conducted with &#8220;panache.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gimme a break! Marches like this Sousa perennial\u00a0barely need a conductor &#8212; just somebody to signal the piece&#8217;s beginning and end.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Bush&#8217;s conducting had to be better than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FIuODSIuHLo\">his dancing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I played oboe under JoAnn Falletta&#8217;s baton many years ago, when she was assistant conductor of the Nassau Symphony Orchestra in\u00a0Long Island, New York, and I was its principal oboist.<\/p>\n<p>=========<\/p>\n<p>And now some links, for your reading (and viewing) pleasure:<br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/satiricalpolitical.com\/?p=791\">Monica Goodling&#8217;s &#8216;Church Chats&#8217; With DOJ Applicants<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/onegoodmove.org\/1gm\/1gmarchive\/2007\/05\/bill_maher_new_25.html\">Bill Maher&#8217;s New Rules<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/xnerg.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/peoples-50-sexiest-candidates.html\">people&#8217;s 50 sexiest candidates<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakesville.com\/2007\/05\/gonzoagogo.php\">Gonzo-a-Go-Go<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/satiricalpolitical.com\/?p=792\">Iraqi Parliament Sets Timetable For Withdrawal &#8230; For Themselves!<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/sideshow.me.uk\/smay07.htm#05142107\">Air America&#8217;s Champaign Flight Crashes<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/rantsopinions.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/blog-carnival-140506.html\">Worldwide Opinions<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopoli.com\/carnival-of-commentary\/carnival-of-commentary-numero-tres\">Carnival of Commentary<\/a><br \/>\n* <a href=\"http:\/\/gottsegnet.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/fifth-carnival-of-principled-government.html\">Carnival of Principled Government (in the form of a fun quiz)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> My latest limerick contest is over and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/2007\/05\/13\/mothers-day-limerick-contest-results-and-the-winners-are\/\">winners list and winning entries are here.<\/a> Another limerick writing contest will be coming soon on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/humor_blog\/\">my other blog.<\/a> [tags]Bush Conducts, JoAnn Falletta, Stars And Stripes Forever, Bush Conducting Orchestra, Conductor&#8217;s Baton, Bush Dancing, Nassau Symphony Orchestra, Long Island, New York, Symphony Music, principal oboist[\/tags]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What important business did President Bush conduct this weekend? He waved a small stick\u00a0\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 a conductor&#8217;s baton &#8212; while\u00a0pretending to conduct a symphony orchestra: JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should \u2014 concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,55,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.madkane.com\/madness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}