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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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01 Jun 2004 11:59:41 PM |
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Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead." |
Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead."
Dr. Gerry Lower, Keystone, South Dakota
George W. Bush, when asked by Bob Woodward "how is history likely to judge
your Iraq war?" replied, "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead."
(Woodward Shares War Secrets, CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 18, 2004).
It is possible that Bush's comment "We'll all be dead" might only be
subconsciously related to his belief in apocalypse. Perhaps he only meant
that by the time "history" is written, we'll all be dead of prevailing
disease and old age. If that is the case, the man remains a complete idiot.
History did not wait for Hitler to die before condemning him, nor did the
Republican party wait for Clinton to die before condemning him. History
will
not wait for George either. The man is already in deep trouble everywhere
but in his half of America.
It is not clear just what Bush meant with his remark if taken outside the
context of apocalypse. It is more clear that Bush does not know what he
meant either, since his remark doesn't make any sense outside of the
context
of apocalypse. So, what else is new about our affable guy president?
Interpreting a fool might best be left to fools. On the other hand, Bush
does fervently believe that he is doing the work of his god, and we can
expect the worst. Given Bush's alcoholic indebtedness to the Old Testament
apocalyptic religion that keeps him sober, we are justified in examining
his
remark in that context, even if Bush did not understand the context within
which he made the remark.
In one of those rare moments when Bush actually appeared to provide
something resembling a direct answer to a direct question, Bush may have
let
his psychosis (and the psychosis of his neocon advisors) slip into public
view, not much of that psychosis and only for the moment, but enough to
allow a reasonable appreciation of the deep trouble into which Bush has
plunged a frightened and frighteningly naive American citizenry.
Conservative Americans thought they were voting for a good religious family
man in government and they got a Jim Jones.
"We'll all be dead." By what empirical and historical evidence does this
ill-educated, inarticulate Howdy Doody arrive at this conclusion? This may
not be a very correct way to refer to the appointed president of the
UnitedStates, but do you realize what this man (trained at America's finest
universities) is saying? "We'll all be dead." Cute little children in
Japan,
wonderfully bright students in Ukraine, stressed out housewives in America,
marvelous old gentlemen in Norway ... all dead. Just ask George W. Bush. By
any sane criteria, this man and his administration are religiously
psychotic.
Bush is saying that he and his crony neocon advisors know precisely what
makes the world clock tick; they even know who is worthy and who is not.
Bush is saying that he alone knows what is going to happen to the entire
human race. Bush is saying that the cultural "isms" of the rest of the
world
(e.g., Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism) are so much intellectual fluff. It
is the manly, apocalyptic world of death that Bush envisions, as if a
Shinto
farm woman in northern Japan would give a rat's *****. Is this an exercise in
megalomania or what? Bush, in claiming that "We'll all be dead" is
apparently aware of ways to kill people even more effectively than epidemic
infectious disease, war and natural death. Despite all of that human
misery,
the human population has still managed to reach some 6 billion in nummber.
How does Bush plan to eliminate every last fertile man and woman on this
planet? How much of that global slaughter is Bush going to implement
himself, directly and indirectly, and how much is he leaving up to his god?
Is this an exercise in megalomania or what?
Bush, in claiming knowledge of our upcoming global demise, is implying that
he and his advisors alone possess knowledge that ordinary people could
never
comprehend, hence there is no need for public discussion of the "higher"
knowledge driving Bush's political agenda. Because Bush is carrying out his
god's work, he actually believes that the world needs the kind of
self-righteous, belligerent global "leadership" that he is now famous for
providing to former allies. Is this an exercise in megalomania or what?
George Monbiot reports that 15 - 18 % of the American electorate belong to
churches which support a literal interpretation of the Book of Revelations.
For every one of those people there must be about four more "good" people
who go right along with overt megalomania out of loyalty to traditional
religious authority and blind faith in their "war president." These are the
49% of the electorate who routinely see the beam in their brother's eye and
never the moat in their own.
Written by John of Patmos about 90 AD, the Book of Revelations is an
opium-enhanced exercise in Old Testament vengeance. John, a would-be
Christian, was so distraught with his treatment at the hands of
pre-Christian Romans, he introduced harshly anti-Christian thought into the
historical record. Two centuries later, when nascent Christianity was
adopted and perverted by the Roman emperor, Constantine, this hallucinatory
effort eventually become part of New Testament Roman scripture (despite
having nothing to do with nascent Christian doctrine).
The sadly pathetic view which Bush sees fit to impose upon the entire world
was written by a chronically-persecuted, terminally-depressed "druggie"
living in Roman exile. John's apocalyptic tome was incorporated into Roman
"Christianity" by Roman tyrants who proceeded to introduce the western
world
to self-righteous imperial conquest in the name of compassion and peace.
Four billion years of rigorously-documentable evolutionary progress and the
best that Bush can come up with for a finale is death? Millennia of
cultural
evolution, from the beat of tribal drums to the world wide web, from the
depths of biblical despotism to the concept of a global democracy, and the
best that Bush can come up with for a finale is death? It would never occur
to Bush and his religious supporters that the only thing they are going to
eliminate from the earth is vengeance-based religion and corrupt crony
capitalism, discredited from the global political arena forever. That is
the
far more likely outcome. The finale will be the emergence of a global
democracy and a new beginning for everything human.
Bush is a man who ought be sent back to a university where he might acquire
something resembling a "higher education." It has been a long time since
educated people have believed that the earth is flat under heaven's dome.
It
has been a long time since educated people have believed that disease is
godly punishment for earthly sin. It has been a long time since educated
people have believed that all people on this planet came from Adam, a man
without a belly button. It has been a long time since educated people have
clearly opted for democracy over religious despotism.
According to Bush, we do not need to worry about the outcome of his
preemptory war on Iraq because "we'll all be dead." There is likely no
intelligent response to that ludicrous proclamation that does not employ
America's favorite four-letter "F" word. In the world of religious freedom
that Jefferson provided for all Americans, Bush has every right to impose
his apocalyptic world view on himself. Good for him. Bush has no right
whatsoever to impose his apocalyptic world view on another living soul,
least of all the children who will outlive Bush by decades.
All thoughtful and caring American citizens ought be afraid, very afraid.
Bush is likely inviting us to the People's Temple for a glass of grape
Kool-Aide. --04.23.04
Dr. Gerry Lower lives in the shadow of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of
South Dakota. His recent book, Jefferson's Eyes, provides an evolutionary
paradigm for comprehending American history. No longer can we afford to see
our history as an economic success story. We must see our history as a
departure from original values (www.jeffersonseyes.com). He can be reached
at tisland@blackhills.com.
http://www.bushwatch.net
---
Scientology tries to disrupt terrorist attacks relief efforts: http://www.cosvm.org/
"Bush is doing what's necessary to keep the military in top form." -- David Wilson
"Top form for an S&M porno." == Jingo
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| User: "Yang, AthD \h.c" |
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| Title: Re: Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead." |
02 Jun 2004 03:08:19 AM |
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"Fredric L. Rice" <REMOVEFRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:10bqnqcrp065jf6@corp.supernews.com...
Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead."
Dr. Gerry Lower, Keystone, South Dakota
George W. Bush, when asked by Bob Woodward "how is history likely to judge
your Iraq war?" replied, "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead."
(Woodward Shares War Secrets, CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 18, 2004).
Which only goes to show you how much a Yale history degree is worth when
given to a Legacy Loser like Bush on a silver platter.
--
Yang
a.a. #28
AthD (h.c.) conferred by the regents of the LCL
a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Socerey Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.3 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: -3 million jobs and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -815 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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| User: "SMChristenson" |
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| Title: Re: Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead." |
02 Jun 2004 08:35:46 PM |
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On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:08:19 -0700, Yang, AthD (h.c) wrote:
"Fredric L. Rice" <REMOVEFRice@SkepticTank.ORG> wrote in message
news:10bqnqcrp065jf6@corp.supernews.com...
Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead."
Dr. Gerry Lower, Keystone, South Dakota
George W. Bush, when asked by Bob Woodward "how is history likely to judge
your Iraq war?" replied, "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead."
(Woodward Shares War Secrets, CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 18, 2004).
Which only goes to show you how much a Yale history degree is worth when
given to a Legacy Loser like Bush on a silver platter.
Ask him a baseball question?
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| User: "spakka" |
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| Title: Re: Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead." |
02 Jun 2004 03:00:55 PM |
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On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 04:59:41 +0000, Fredric L. Rice wrote:
Bush Says, "We'll All Be Dead."
Dr. Gerry Lower, Keystone, South Dakota
George W. Bush, when asked by Bob Woodward "how is history likely to judge
your Iraq war?" replied, "History, we don't know. We'll all be dead."
(Woodward Shares War Secrets, CBS News, 60 Minutes, April 18, 2004).
It is possible that Bush's comment "We'll all be dead" might only be
subconsciously related to his belief in apocalypse. Perhaps he only meant
that by the time "history" is written, we'll all be dead of prevailing
disease and old age.
That's the obvious interpretation. The alternative - that he's referring
to the end of the world - is contradicted by the choice of 'We'.
Presumably, Bush expects to survive any apocalypse.
If that is the case, the man remains a complete idiot.
History did not wait for Hitler to die before condemning him,
Pretty much, it did.
nor did the
Republican party wait for Clinton to die before condemning him.
Flimsy bait & switch. Republican party != history.
History
will
not wait for George either. The man is already in deep trouble everywhere
but in his half of America.
It is not clear just what Bush meant with his remark if taken outside the
context of apocalypse. It is more clear that Bush does not know what he
meant either, since his remark doesn't make any sense outside of the
context
of apocalypse.
It makes perfect sense. Bush takes a longer term view of history. As
the author already noted.
There are plenty of honest reasons to oppose Bush. Why do we need
pieces like this?
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