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Bush Is A Pop Tart - Subscribe
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The thought awoke me out of a deep REM state - George W. acts just like a Pop Tart, just like Britney and Lindsey and Paris have. None of these young women was about to alter their selfish behaviors until they were made to by a power greater than they, no matter who got hurt in the process. So it is with Dubya. The San Diego Union Tribune published an article concerning the Royal Visit to the Witch Creek Fire which inconvenienced both fire fighters and victims. Dozens of tired firefighters had to wait for overdue showers and food because of presidential security measures to protect Hiz Behindness from Al Qaeda terrorists lurking about in the flaming chapparal. "I'd just as soon eat,” complained a fireman. “The president picked a bad time to come,” said one burned-out homeowner. But of what concern is it when there is a media opportunity available to further the pretence that The Deciderer even cares? John Van Doorn writes for The North County Times published in the affected region, and he put it like this: Politicians tend to fly to disaster areas, cluck a bit, look saddened for the photo op, and fly away. The pols aren't needed. If they're going to send help they've already set that in motion. And they could see more by staying home in front of the television set, flipping the remote. But in what other way can the politicians be noticed against the backdrop of a spectacular natural disaster? In what other way can a politician be in a place to receive the public love that they crave as their due? Make that contributions to their campaign fund, which is why - as Michael Manekin of The San Mateo County Times notes - firemen are stationed to prevent a fire at a community of very wealthy homeowners (and potential contributors) rather than be on the front line of the fire. Can't have the wealthy take their chances as the rest of us have had to do! But there is one aspect of being a Pop Tart that hasn't been Bush's experience: retribution. Paris had to spend time in that icky LA jail, and Lindsey had to face the worst monster in the world - herself - during her rehab, or have her lucrative career shut down for ever. Britney is suffering maternal separation anxiety, which is the only way the courts can get through to her that her behavior is unacceptable. No one is yet holding up the Mirror of Justice in George's face! But that time is coming! I'm not yet ready to publish my research, but the world has had about enough of George W. Bush, and because we aren't stepping up to our responsibility as voters in a democratic republic, they will act - just as the courts have with the Pop Tarts. When they do, we will share the pain when they take our economy down to protect their own from our irrational exuberance, for our irresponsible culpability is evident. The world is finished with enabling our bad behavior. We deserve what we are going to get because we chose irresponsibility as a life course. We didn't rein in George W. Bush in December 2000 when it was clear that he and his followers were already out of control. We didn't stop him when he took advantage of 9-11 to push forward a plan to convert our democratic republic into a corpofascist dictatorship. We didn't keep our Congressional champions on course toward restoring the nation once we handed them the helm. We aren't doing so now, for we're too fat-headed and lazy. There's a hard rain gonna fall, and we sold our umbrellas. Prepare to get wet. |