January 15, 2007
Whistlin' Dixie
You might have missed the President's appearance on 60 minutes last night, where he describes himself as a "flexible, open minded person", once again takes responsibility for a couple of little mistakes in the war, pretends to be as surprised as we were that there were no weapons of mass destruction, gives Congress the figurative finger, and shows us, the American people, his strength and resolve to do the right thing. The settings were fabulous-- places where we've never been before -- inside and outside Camp David, aboard Air Force One, with costumes to match. Landed right in my subliminal.
The President did look very pale after meeting with families of dead soldiers, but took the opportunity to spin the meeting into supposed surge support. Heaven forfend that a loved one died in vain.
He's absolutely shameless. When are we going put a stop to his delusions? He has destroyed Iraq, killed over 600,000 Iraqi citizens and more than 3000 American soldiers and he still thinks he's just working hard, doing the right thing, for God, of course..
Scott Pelley does manage to ask a few probing questions. I wonder if he'll be in trouble this morning.
I'm going to stop huffing and puffing and go blow a shamanistic whistle.
Photo note: A Peruvian whistling vessel -- or a ghoul getting an infusion from a source that wishes to remain anonymous.
Addendum: A sample of modern Peruvian music as long as we're on the subject --- note the bagpipes
"...When are we going put a stop to his delusions?"
Yes when? That's what I keep wondering. Why don't those 21,000 men and women he is going to send to hell simply say "NO, we won't go"? Even if they have to go to jail for it, wouldn't that be better than obeying a lunatic's orders? What is the matter with people, don't they realise they have the amazing ability to say NO?
Posted by: Natalie at January 15, 2007 04:21 PMSadly the last thing the military trains personnel to do is question authority. We now have a professional army. If we were to reinstitute the draft, perhaps we would have some rebels in the ranks - as we did in the Vietnam War.
We are sending our professional soldiers into combat again and again on repeated tours, with no breaks and no mercy -- stretching them to their limits, traumatizing them beyond repair. They are killing themselves in unprecedented numbers. Symptoms of post traumatic stress are met with distain -- seen a feeble excuse not to be sent back to Iraq.
Generals are resigning in protest, to no avail. The man is leaving us no alternative but impeachment. Let's do it before he blows up Iran.
Always so nice to hear from you Nattie.
Best D
Posted by: Dakota at January 17, 2007 10:16 PMYes, Dakko, granted: the professional army is/are trained not to question authority. So are doctors, priests, blue and white-collar workers, executives, movie stars, journalists, TV presenters, schoolchildren etc. So are we all. BUT... and this is the biggest most hopeful BUT in human history... some of us, some of the time, however well-trained, do manage to call upon that part of our brains still capable of questioning the authority which orders us to be lemmings, to destroy ourselves or others. Maybe I'm naive, but I still believe that this tiny cell in the brain can be stimulated to wake up.
Posted by: Natalie at January 22, 2007 02:17 PM