In Japan at one time, a person who found themselves responsible for a catastrophic outcome through personal involvement removed the stain from the State and Religion by excising their gut. I prefer my apologies a little less dramatic, but this is the decade of HIGH DRAMA and screeching patriotism so I'm afraid George W had little choice. You see 230 or so years ago he set in motion the Iraq war and a very second GeorgeII. Yes an invoked spirit has little choice but to deal with the consequences. He has been invoked.
GeorgeII: "Today, we're fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life. And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world, we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our revolution were not meant for Americans alone."
"I feel right at home here. After all, this is the home of the first George W. I thank President Washington for welcoming us today."
Now here's the really scary bit: "In the end, General Washington understood that the Revolutionary War was a test of wills, and his will was unbreakable. After winning the war, Washington did what victorious leaders rarely did at the time. He voluntarily gave up power."
Does he think we'll wait that long for him to leave? He actually invoked the Commander of the Revolutionary War, opened with the Declaration of Independence - the foundational document of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as his predecessor in his war of profit and war on civil liberties - HIS AG stated that the Right of Habeas Corpus was not in the Constitution - he invoked a man who'd have had him shot as a traitor??? Now George W (I) has had to do the honorable thing.
My god it's true, the man has killed irony, satire is dead - you cannot make more fun of this than it makes of itself. Maybe I'll have to kill this Blog, what more can I say about anything?
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I used to do a satire post every Friday, but Dubya did kill it. The break point was when I did a satirical piece describing his plan to reclassify burger-flippers as "manufacturers" (they manufactured hamburgers). A month later, a leak reported that he was actually considering it. I quit shortly thereafter.
Bizarro world, man...
You can see I decided to continue to publish, but I will attempt no satire, tempt the gods and all that...
Once you're under the $1/4 mil/yr you are not allowed irony and satire...
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