Quote from james_bond_3rd:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gzJn0RB_3nm_sm2Q1Kp9dEsP17CAD95SQR5O0
"The Speeches of Barack Obama" has sold 420,000 copies since its release on Nov. 20 â an "unprecedented huge hit" for an English-language text, according to publisher Asahi Press.
That's in Japan. And they hated GWB there.
Too bad for us speeches (read useless rhetoric) don't solve problems. They only make the sheeple feel good for a little while longer, as their world collapses around them.