Pathetic

It's amazing how susceptible the American people are to Orwellian/Goebbels-like marketing. It's breathtaking to consider how close this country has come to a Hitler/Mussolini/Ceaucescu dictatorship. How different was the ascendancy of Bush and Cheney to those who came before them; on the adoring shoulders of the people? The adulation, the cult of personality, swallowing propaganda whole. Here is what Kurt Vonnegut said:

The only difference between [George W.] Bush and [Adolf] Hitler is that Hitler was elected.

This addendum to this formerly textless post was written at 3:59 A.M. on April 13, 2007, my son's birthday.


3/23/06

The Hoot of the Day!

Cheney on Face the Nation:

SCHIEFFER: Mr. Vice President, all along the government has been very optimistic. You remain optimistic. But I remember when you were saying we'd be greeted as liberators, you played down the insurgency 10 months ago. You said it was in its last throes. Do you believe that these optimistic statements may be one of the reasons that people seem to be more skeptical in this country about whether we ought to be in Iraq?

CHENEY: No. I think it has less to do with the statements we've made, which I think were basically accurate and reflect reality, than it does with the fact that there's a constant sort of perception, if you will, that's created because what's newsworthy is the car bomb in Baghdad.