‘When the reporter told Bush the dollar was not strong at the moment, Bush replied:
“Well, I understand that. And the marketplace is making decisions as to whether the dollar should be strong or not. Our policy is a strong dollar… But you’re right, the market, at this point in time, has devalued the dollar, which is contrary to our policy,” he said.’
- from Reuters

“… and perhaps the market would be better advised to reconsider its continued development of weapons of mass destruction,” Bush added, silencing the crowd of reporters.

“Yes,” continued the President, “I suppose that now is as good a time as any to mention that we have good, reliable intelligence that the worldwide so-called ‘market’ has been developing an arsenio of weapons so fearsome, so deadly, that a mere description of them would undoubtablibly kill everyone in this room.”

In the silence that followed, President Bush went on to detail the clear and documented ties between the organization known as “global market forces” and the Al Qaeda terrorist network…