Bedtime Stories and Living Nightmares

Via Social Design Notes, I found Goodnight Bush -  a parody of the children's classic Goodnight Moon and a satirical look at the Bush administration.

The Bush administration was unique in its blatant imperialism and it's explicit introduction of a pre-emptive strike policy. My fear is that the public, including much of the the political left, views the Bush administration as an anomaly in U.S. history.

In truth, the U.S. has a consistent record of militarism and imperialism.

My hope is that the public will scrutinize the next administration. Bush may be tucked away in bed, but the living nightmares will continue under McCain or Obama.

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Another interesting story about photographer Zoriah Miller who was banned from all U.S. military facilities around the world for publishing photos on his website of U.S. Marines killed in a June 26, 2008 suicide attack in Garma, Iraq.

Comments

[ghassan]

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but the living nightmares will continue under McCain or Obama
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Wow
This is a very true and smart statement Polly Jones
I always admire your insights and deep view points, that are different than the most of the people around me.

[T B]

Some people seem to fixate on Bush alone
(e.g. "bush lied, soldiers died");
some people focus on a broader Bush administration (that may extend beyond Bush and Cheney);
and some people look to a broader neo-conservatism;
but that's all just the tip of the spear...
or whatever analogy you prefer.

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What baffles me is why so people seem to actually believe that Bush writes his own speeches and makes many calls (e.g. about the 2003 Iraq invasion) on his own. Those views are so far, far, far, far, far (etc) from the truth.

To a great extent, the guy's a cog in a machine, or another brick in the wall...
or whatever.

[T B]

Of course, some people also focus far too much on the Republicans, or the Christian fundamentalists, or some other segment of it all.

[Polly Jones]

I totally hear you...Bush is really just a pin-up for Empire.

I think Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival" is a good related read.