Watched the "Press Conference" in the "Rose Garden" today...... Bush and the new Prime Minister (Alawhi?) repeated the same-old rhetoric that "things were going well". The press Conference seemed, oddly, like another "stump-speech". Bush again reminded us how "well" things were going in Iraq, how he was going to rid the world of "terrorists", and how he has "sown the seeds of Democracy" in the Middle East. Why, when it would be SO obvious to do so, has he not "sown the seeds of Democracy", IN PALESTINE??? Rather than address a major cause of Islamic outrage and it's subsequent "terror", Bush has incited MORE outarge and terror by ignoring the genocide against Palestinians. I am reminded of the phenomenon that often surrounds "movie stars" or similar celebrities.... They surround themselves with "yes-men", and worshipers, who are afraid or unable to recognize impending doom. No one was willing to tell Elvis, or Robert Downey Jr. that they had drug-problems. No one in Britney Spears "entourage" is willing to tell her that she shouldn't have gotten married. No one is willing to tell Madonna that he recent movies "sucked". George W. Bush, too, seems surrounded with those who agree with him and nod their heads like some vast army of "bobble-headed" dolls. During the R.N.C., I was somehow reminded of a vast sea of those "wind-up" monkeys; who have NO brains, but mindlessly play their cymbals... The "Republican-Loyal" chanted and applauded ANYTHING that was said, like the mindless-robots that they have become. I heard some Republican-"mouthpiece" on Charlie-Rose show; He was gloriously proclaiming how the Republicans had talked about "issues" at the convention. I was aghast... I could not help but wonder; What convention HAD HE ATTENDED???? The R.N.C. was NOTHING but a bunch of "glittering-generalities" and patriotic clap-trap!! I , (painfully) watched the entire R.N.C.; and NEVER heard serious discussions of "issues"!!! It seems that "Dubyuh-Dumbass" is afraid to seek out the opinions of anyone who disagrees with him, seeking only to listen to the "yes-men" who agree with his twisted agendas. Bush either a "visionary"; or a narrow-minded extremist.... I am inclined toward the later. It would seem that "Denial" is ALSO a river that runs through Crawford Texas, and Washinton D.C..................... Dave
- posted by Dave @ 11:34 AM