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January 20, 2001 -- Bush inaugurated as President of the United States. Launches into personal treatise on the merits of the Federalist Papers 45 and 46.  January 21, 2001 -- Nominates Colin Powell as Secretary of State. For the occasion, Bush
recites Pericles' Funeral Oration in its entirety from Ancient Greek. The reading dismisses criticism from both sides of the political aisle regarding Bush's
knowledge of classic text.February 3, 2001 -- Bush admits that the new job is tough but says he always finds solace in re-reading Heidegger's The Basic Problems of Phenomenology.  February 12, 2001 -- Trying to win support for his tax package, Bush ignites a ferocious attack on Keynes'
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
February 23, 2001 -- In an effort to quell European anger over United States failure to adhere to the Kyoto Agreement on the environment, President Bush telephones German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder and explains to him the counter-argument to global warming (in German). March 2, 2001 -- Bush pens a sonnet for The New Yorker. March 10, 2001 -- Bush interrupts weekly radio address to sing Roldofo's first aria from La Boheme. March 23, 2001 -- During a conference call, Bush debates with European leaders on the series of economic and political events that led up to World War I. April 6, 2001 -- Bush distracted trying to figure out a problem in Neumann's Game Theory while throwing out the first pitch at Milwaukee's Miller Field. Ball lands in the dirt.  April 23, 2001 Bush insults French President Jacques Chirac by telling him he completely misses the subtlety
in Baudelaire's Les Fleurs Du Mal. |