Eureka! Macht ist Recht - Bush's new motto

[lil-petunia]

There is a fascinating (and devastating) new article in Nov-Dec Foreign Affairs by Robert Tucker and David Hendrickson. Highly recommended. Shows how illegal and dangerous the unilateral approaches to Iraq have damaged our futures. Well worth finding a good bookstore and procuring.

Most interesting is the slight swipe they make in comparing German foreign (and domestic) policies that caused WWII. Might Makes Right will replace * or shrub in all my posts. A truly accurate description of how they plan to deal with their "mandate" and how Frist and others are already trying to push around the remaining moderates to fall in line, or fall out of favor.



I hereby dub this group the Might Makes Right Administrration. Let's see if we can cause this motto to catch on across the country.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Link: The Sources of American Legitimacy

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20041101faessay83603/robert-w-tucker-david-c-hendrickson/the-sources-of-american-legitimacy.html

[lil-petunia]

2. thanks for the link.

I used to subscribe to it, but ran out of time. May resub now. What did you think of the article?

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Just printed it for later reading, thanks for the pointer!

[Wickerman]

4. Written with Bush in mind - Might Makes Right

the new Camper Van Beethoven song on New Roman Times

CHORUS:
Yeah might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side and made us mighty
Yeah might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side I don't believe them

I'm crawling through the ? brush, we're teched up to the hilt
Compared to us these poor guys should be wearing shorts and kilts
I've got a living breathing shadow crossed up in my scope
My partner gives the signal, pull the trigger, then there's smoke

CHORUS:
Might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side and makes us mighty
Yeah might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side I don't believe them

CHORUS:
Might makes right
Yeah might makes right
I guess that god is on our side and makes us mighty
Yeah might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side I don't believe them

They want us from the villages, they want us from the towns
Who could really blame them, shit blows up when we're around
We fly above their houses with our Huey double-props
We scare the crap out of their kids, their mothers and their frocks

CHORUS:
Might makes right
Yeah might makes right
I guess 'cause god is on our side it makes us mighty
Yeah might makes right
Yeah might makes right
They say that god is on our side I don't believe them

http://cgi.crackerweb.force9.co.uk/the-van/songs/index.php?artist=camper_van_beethoven&song=Might+Makes+Right

[zaj]

5. Sounds good, but refer to the entire party as "Regressive Republicans"

From now on, replace "Conservatives" with "Regressives".

[lil-petunia]

6. I like that one, too.

the Might Makes RIght administration, and its merry band of Regressive Republicans.

[zaj]

7. That's beautiful!

[billyskank]

8. Not forgetting

Arbeit Macht Frei

[lil-petunia]

9. well with all the cuts in pension programs, and SSN

we will all get to march with that cheer.