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Whacking the Piņata

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Whacking the Piņata
President George Swings Blindly at his Elusive Target

Commentary by David Caputo - Totally Fixed and Rigged Magazine

Well well well... George the Second went on TV Wednesday night (1/10/07) to announce his "new plan" to "win" the Iraq war.

I've really got to meet his dealer. That stuff he's smoking must be killer...

I'll now attempt to respond to this strident re-call-to-arms in a systematic, line by line way. Every sentence of his speech was carefully crafted (not by him, I presume) to "mean something" and impart a sense of world view and unstated assumptions. I'll do a bit of research and analysis as I go along, and explain what I think they're "really" trying to say, and what I think about what they actually and by implication did say.

This is an exercise in "whacking the pinata" in several ways.

For one, George Bush's announced that MORE, not fewer, US citizens will have to leave their homes, jobs, and families to go get shot up again with god-knows-what vaccine set and sit in the scorching desert getting bitten by sand fleas while hopefully NOT getting their brains blown out by a sniper while they light a cigarette or losing a leg when their humvee drives over one of those new-fangled "shape charge" IEDs. This is clearly "whacking the pinata" of the American Soldiers, who bravely risk their lives while serving (as volunteers no less), yet somehow only get kicked squarely in the teeth by this administration time and time again. From inciting sniper fire with "bring 'em on" bravado to managing the occupation as essentially one big looting operation, the Bush administration has had nothing but contempt for the people who serve them, and us all, so selflessly.

Secondly, the American people must feel a bit like the aforementioned candy-stuffed baseball bat target, because we overwhelmingly voted AGAINST the war and repudiated the Republican leadership's agenda by returning control of Congress to the Democrats and voting for strong anti-war candidates in districts across the country. But Bush Jr. pays no mind. He could care less what anyone else thinks except his wife and his dog. He said so himself. If he thinks he's right, then goddammit he's gonna do whatever the hell he wants. And who's gonna stop him, eh?

Ouch. That hurts. Stop sir. Please... Ouch.

Poor American citizens. Battered and bruised by relentless propaganda and threat of disappearance and torture. Few dare challenge the meat grinder intake chute that our youth are being airlifted to. We're too busy covering our heads from the incoming blows of an obviously blindfolded President.

And the third way (at least that I can think of now) that this situation resembles "whacking the piņata" is that with each line of the speech below, I'm going to grip my rhetorical bat firmly, will myself to see through both my own blinders and the blindfolds others seek to saddle me with, and swing hard.

Enjoy.


President Bush Addresses Nation on Iraq War

Source: CQ Transcripts Wire - Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 9:10 PM

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH

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