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The Bushpass Filter
By Rocko BonaparteSeldom does the liberal arts and technology work well together. This is worst in politics. Engineers lack the social flare to understand what it's all about to be a politician, even if they have sharp political views. One of the setbacks comes from empty political speech. Sure, engineers start every sentence with "basically," but their use of empty filler is nothing compared to a career politician's. Saying much of nothing is the trademark of a shrewd political mind. One cannot get into any trouble due to their mouth if one's mouth is empty.
G. W. Bush is no exception. Engineers rapidly washed him off as "stupid" upon first impressions. This is normal for the engineer, because the engineer washes everybody off as stupid. However, engineers everywhere have been baffled with what exactly makes G. W. seem so simple-minded. Much dialog has been exchanged in private, designs have been scribbled on the back of cocktail napkins, and many late nights have been devoted to the problem.
One theory was that G. W. Bush is rather intelligent, but his mouth dispels such a preconception. It was then concluded it was Bush's political language that was at the heart of his perceived stupidity. Engineers cringe and change the channel when G. W. speaks on TV. It's just that hard to listen too.
Fortunately, a solution has been found amongst digital signal experts. A group of engineers with experience in filters applied their knowledge to Bush's speech patterns. Coupled with some linguists, psychologists, and the Inconspicuous Can of Beer™, they developed the "Bushpass" filter.
Basic filter theory revolves around frequency and phase attenuations. The Bushpass filter is much more complicated, and is based neither in the t-domain, s-domain, or z-domain. Rather, as on mathematician puts it, it revolves around "p-domain," better known as the "political domain." Transfer functions for such filters are modeled using p-variables, which are subsets of frequency and phase. The subsets are complicated by their dependence on the partials composing human speech, English and political dialog.
P-domain filter design is still limited to passive systems that require all the input to be available at once. In other words, no real-time filters have yet been designed using the methodology. Part of the problem is because of dependence in the obscure field of "reverse speech." Linguists argue that a reverse sample of human speech reveals the subconscious messages being communicated from the messenger. To be able to use this successfully, the whole speech segment has to be available from the onset. This is an acceptable constraint -- it is fine enough to feed the filter a sound byte.
To an extent, p-domain filters can be modeled using "poles and zeroes," akin to their conventional counterparts. Engineers have made the filters stronger by using additional poles and zeroes, a typical practice. The resulting circuits can be quite a mess. Thank God for dedicated digital signal processors.
Included in this report is a sample from the "Bushpass filter." It is designed to allow only components of G. W. Bush's genuine message to be "passed through" while all the political jargon is removed. The filter becomes more effective as more poles are added to it. Included are sample output for variations of the Bushpass filter.
[from http://www.krr.org/archive/gwbush_address_to_nation-september_11.html]
Original G. W. Bush speech (input):
[The original speech was omitted from the GDT article]
Good evening.
Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack, in a series of deliberate, and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes, or in their offices, secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.
The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet unyielding anger.
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat, but they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, ut they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining.
Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature, and we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood, and help in any way they could.
Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans.
Our military is powerful, and it's prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City, and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts. Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution, to protect our citizens at home, and around the world from further attacks.
The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies, in Washington, which had to be evacuated today, are reopening for essential personal tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow. Our financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business as well.
The search is under way for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities, to find those responsible, and to bring them to justice. We will make no distinction, between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.
I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American People, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences, and assistance.
America, and our friends and allies, join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism.
Tonight I ask for your prayers, for all those who grieve, for the children who's worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened, and i pray they will be comforted by a Power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23, "Even though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me."
This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace.
America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom, and all that is good, and just in our world.
Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.
Output from 2-pole Bushpass filter:
Good evening.
Today our way of life came under attack through a series of terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes and offices -- secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil acts of terror.
The images of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger.
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat, but they have failed. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot shake American resolve.
America was targeted because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. No one will keep that light from shining.
Today, our nation saw the very worst of human nature, and we responded with the very best of America.
Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans.
Our emergency teams are working in New York City, and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts. Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to protect our citizens home and abroad from further attacks.
Our government continues without interruption. Federal agencies that had to be evacuated today will be open for normal business tomorrow. The American economy will be open for business as well.
I've directed the full resources of intelligence gathering and law enforcement to find those responsible, and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.
I appreciate the members of Congress who have joined me in condemning these attacks. Also, on behalf of the American People, I thank the world leaders who have called to offer their condolences, and assistance.
America, and our friends and allies stand together to win the war against terrorism.
This is a day when all Americans unite for justice and peace.
America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, but we will go forward to defend freedom, and all that is good in our world.
Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.
The 2-pole output is not much different from the original. Plenty of dry speech continues to pass through to the output. The advantage of the filter is that it's cheap, and it affects the output enough that an engineer would actually listen to a G.W. sound bite afterwards.
Output from 4-pole Bushpass filter:
Good evening.
Today we came under attack from terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes and offices -- secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers. Thousands of lives were ended by acts of terror.
The images of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, buildings collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, sadness, and an unyielding anger.
These acts were intended to frighten our nation, but they have failed. Terrorist attacks cannot shake American resolve.
America was targeted because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world.
Today, our nation saw the worst of human nature, and we responded with the best of America.
Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans.
Our emergency teams are working in New York City, and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts. Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to protect our citizens home and abroad from further attacks.
Our government continues uninterrupted. Evacuated Federal agencies will be open for normal business tomorrow. The American economy will be open for business as well.
I've directed all intelligence and law enforcement resources to find those responsible, and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.
I appreciate the members of Congress who joined me in condemning these attacks. Also, on behalf of all Americans, I thank the world leaders who offered their condolences, and assistance.
America and our allies stand together to win the war against terrorism.
This is a day when all Americans unite for justice and peace.
America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will forget this day. We will go forward to defend all that is good in our world.
Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.
This is slightly better, but the underlying message is still heavily camouflaged. Note that the line "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them" continues to pass through. That is because this is a very strong statement.
Output from 8-pole Bushpass filter:
Good evening.
We came under attack from terrorists. The victims were in airplanes and offices. Thousands of lives were ended by acts of terror. The images have filled us with disbelief, sadness, and an unyielding anger.
These acts intended to frighten our nation, but failed. Our nation saw the worst of human nature, and we responded with the best of America.
After the first attack, I implemented our government's emergency response plans. Our emergency teams are helping in New York City and Washington, D.C. First, we must help those who have been injured, and protect our citizens from further attacks.
Our government and economy continues uninterrupted.
I've directed all resources to bring those responsible to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.
I appreciate those joined me in condemning these attacks. On behalf of all Americans, I thank those who offered their condolences. America and our allies stand together.
This is a when all Americans unite.
America has stood down enemies before. None of us will forget this day. We will go forward.
Thank you. Good night.
Now this is the stuff. Good, clear output. Some of the message seems crude, but that's a side effect of the Bushpass filter. One may argue this is becoming closer to engineering speech. However, note that there is no use of the word "basically." That immediately disqualifies it from engineering speech.
Output from 16-pole Bushpass filter:
Terrorists attacked us. We're sad but angered, but not frightened. America is responding with it's best. I implemented our emergency plans. We must help the victims and protect our citizens. Our government and economy have not been disrupted. Everything is being done to bring the terrorists to justice. On behalf of all Americans, I thank all who offered condolences. This will not stop us.
This is close to how Sept. 11 will be mentioned in a 2150 U.S. history book. Basically, change to a narrative perspective and it would be perfect.
Output from 32-pole Bushpass filter:
Please like me.
Ah-ha! The truth has been found! This is the fundamental force that drives G.W. Isn't it cute? We wondered if our own speech has the same undertone. More experiments need to be conducted. This would expand p-domain to include engineers, and eventually all English speakers. There is some potential in this field . . .
It is speculated that a 64-pole Bushpass filter would
result in the sound of random giggles. This could not be proven without
using more powerful digital signal processors. This doesn't matter much,
since the message becomes rapidly attenuated at 16 poles. Any readers interested
in more sample output from the Bushpass filter should write Rocko Bonaparte
at rockobonaparte@hotmail.com.
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