A Spreading Terror - BUSH - Thumping Himself On The Chest 3 Times-Repeating "I Am The President!"

[kpete]

A spreading terror

Iraq now set up as a school for insurgents ready to be exported, says GEORGIE ANNE GEYER
May 31, 2007

....................

The White House sees terrorists as born, not created by history, bearing the mark of Cain, not the mark of circumstance. There is a scarlet "T" written on their foreheads at birth and the only answer is to destroy them. This kind of thinking, of course, relieves the thinker of any responsibility for the presence of the insurgent-terrorist-whatever in our innocent midst.

What's more, there is not much real give in the administration's policies. True, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other American diplomats met Memorial Day weekend with the Iranians in Baghdad (a good first move but limited, since the Iranians have most of the power because of our incredible stupidity in Iraq). But by all reports, President Bush is more convinced than ever of his righteousness.

Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny."

more at:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-geyer_31edi.ART.State.Edition1.4370227.html

[RevCheesehead]

1. So, how do we declare him "unfit for command"?

Li'l Boots is now Li'l Napoleon? :eyes:

[opihimoimoi]

3. Ball bearings and missing strawberry ice cream......? Hmmmmmm

[RevCheesehead]

4. Ball bearings?

You mean, like the Cod Piece?

[tridim]

89. It's all ball bearings these days ...

You boys need a refresher course?

[zippy890]

13. Captain Queeg! from The Caine Mutiny movie

:rofl:

there's a certain geometric logic at work here

[Nothing Without Hope]

51. This is WONDERFUL!!! "...then all I'll have is Condi & I'm not so sure

about her..."

Thanks so much for posting!

[WinkyDink]

25. It's the strawberries that "went missing". :)

[bdamomma]

26. * is totally unfit and out of control

and if he takes all power away from the Congress maybe those jerks over there will get the message, apparently they haven't been listening to us.

[Tekla West]

90. How was it

that anyone thought he was 'fit' in the first place.

[The Count]

2. My name's Inigo Mantoya, you killed my father, prepare to die...

Glad he needs to remind himself he's the preznit - maybe he does realize by now he usurped this from others who were elected.

[frogcycle]

86. stop SAYING that!

:)

[Hubert Flottz]

5. He's A Pretender.

sElected 5 to 4 by some Crony Justasses!

Edit...He's not my president...

[opihimoimoi]

42. Those GOP Picked him to Rep Them...some kinda pickin they did

How in the world can Americans ever trust the Pubs decisions ever again....? Never is too short in my book...

[Hubert Flottz]

43. I'll never treat any republicon with anything but disgust as long as I

freakin' live.

I hate and despise the ignorant, selfish, lying, hypocrites! Every one of them! And I was once a peaceful flower child! You live and learn though.

Come we go plot and plan like the pubbys do.

[Hubert Flottz]

84. Otay I'm back, but it didn't work out!

I tried to plot and plan like a pubby would do, but I was too honest and kind to ever pull it off.

I reckon I'm a democrat at heart and I could never do the kind of bullshit the pubs do every day and then go to church on Sunday and brag about what great folks they are. If they really believed in God they'd know that it says about 56767898098987 times in the Bible that you can't fool God.

I can't lie, cheat, steal, plunder and pillage, because I know those things are just WRONG. God never told me about right and wrong, but Mom and Dad did. I'm glad my parents were democrats.

[opihimoimoi]

92. Bushies Mom and Pop taught him EVIL and it shows....he is insistent on it, unrelenting,

and even so far as to act it.

All W's results have been against Reason and Sanity...thus against Humanity.....

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

6. K & R, and Bush is, indeed, "a spreading terror".

MKJ

[Bjorn Against]

7. Well it is no wonder he doesn't believe in evolution...

He certainly has not yet evolved.

[illinoisprogressive]

8. something must be done to remove the madman and his master from the white house

[CJCRANE]

9. It's called an "affirmation":

a form of self-hypnosis whereby if you repeat a phrase to yourself often enough you will eventually believe it.

[Canuckistanian]

18. But he's NOT good enough, NOT smart enough and doggone it...

29%.

[bdamomma]

28. he's definitely a waste of human life.

he has some psychological and psychiatric issues, and needs to be impeached.

[Canuckistanian]

78. This is one rich kid who who should have locked in the attic

And never mentioned in public again.

But then again, just look at who his parents were.

[ArbustoBuster]

54. I hope you don't mind if I misappropriate that line.

That's just gotta be my new signature.

[Canuckistanian]

77. Go ahead. it's yours. n/t

[PA Democrat]

10. Writer captures my feelings about the use of the label "evil"

perfectly. Simplistically slap a label of evil on a group of people and everything looks black and white, but in truth, there are many shades of grey. If someone is "evil" the fault is all theirs. You are the "good guy" and they must completely submit with your demands or face your wrath. You don't negotiate with evil. It must be destroyed.

It's scary that our foreign policy is based on a juvenile comic book view of the world. George Bush thinks that he is much more than just the president. He thinks he is God with the authority to judge people and mete out the ultimate punishment.

[ginnyinWI]

35. I think we should be glad he's as incompetent as he is.

Imagine if he were both maniacal and smart.

[Celebration]

11. I can't get the link

Anyone know the problem?

[Longhorn]

14. It won't come up for me, either, nor any Dallas Morning News page.

Must be a problem at the site. :shrug:

[progressoid]

15. Me neither. I think that site is down.

Even this http://www.dallasnews.com doesn't work.

[Oilwellian]

12. WTF does he think our destiny is?

Armafuckinggeddon? He's setting us up to commit mass suicide because Jeeeeesus is comin' soon!

[Canuckistanian]

16. I get nervous when religio-crazy people start talking about "destinies"

And when those crazy people have their finger on a nuclear button, I'm terrified.

[malaise]

17. We all should be terrified

Bush is a fugging lunatic.

[Mabus]

72. It makes me think of Gene Wilder in "Young Frankenstein"

I think it was "destiny, destiny, no escaping that for me."

[krispos42]

73. Makes me think of "The Dead Zone" movie

When Christopher Walken's character touches Charlie Sheen's characer and sees a vision of the future... a mad President about to push the button because of Divinity. Or sumptin'...

[Mabus]

93. I haven't seen that movie but I'll keep an eye out for it now

I like Walken.

[WinkyDink]

30. To own every resource, that's what. Nothing to do with "democracy"; indeed, democracy is anathema

to Bush (I know: self-evident!).

[librechik]

49. KING O THE WORLD, MA!!! (be sure to tell Poppy I am greater than he ever was)

what a sick puppy.

Don't anybody throw the Nuclear Football. He's likely to go fetch it and tear it into tiny pieces.

[lumberjack_jeff]

52. Our destiny is to suffer from the crusade he started. n/t

[CoffeeCat]

19. At least he understands that he will have a "successor"!

I was beginning to think that the little weasel bastard
was never going to leave office.

I can hang on for another year or so, if it's for sure that
this human nightmare will be GONE!

[intheflow]

74. Unfortunately, he's sure his successor will be a repuke.

He's just afraid it will be that rabid liberal, Giuliani.

[FiftysLost]

91. Martial Law

I hope I'm wrong but deep down I think he will come up with some disaster so he can declare martial law. I believe congress gave him the power to do it. Impeach now.

[GeorgeGist]

20. Self-deception ...

the Eight deadly sin.

[tblue37]

21. Here is a link to another site where I found the same

Geyer article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20070529/cm_ucgg/networkofterrorspreadsinshatteredmideastsocieties

Remember, Geyer is a Republican and used to support Bush.

[Poiuyt]

69. Georgie Ann Geyer may be a Republican, but she's a good journalist

I would take this story with a grain of salt, but not if it was written by her.

[IndyOp]

22. He is SETTING IRAQ UP so that his successor can't get out?

We know that that is the purpose of the embassy bigger than New Jersey -- but what else is he going to do? Is this the purpose of bloody August that is coming up? What the FUCK is he doing?

:scared:

[WinkyDink]

31. No, no, NO! So that his successor cannot go against GOD'S PLAN!!

[radfringe]

23. thanks - now I can't get a tune outta my head

I keep hearing the old theme song from the spiderman cartoon in my head.... but instead of hearing

"Spiderman, Spiderman....."

I keep hearing

"Deciderman, deciderman...."

[blondeatlast]

24. Twenty-nine percent and yet he maintians his agenda. Now we know why.

This man has long since abandoned the US. Every *Democrat in Washington should read this and tie his hands. It can and must be done.

:scared:

Edit: *Make that every patriotic AMERICAN.

[lonestarnot]

81. There is no way to do that unless he is impeached.

[Enrique]

27. someone call the zookeeper!

:scared:

[bdamomma]

29. exactly

and now he is doing the thinking (which he has no capacity to do) for us Americans.

* is a madman, they need to invoke the 25th Amendment, but what is it with these Senators and Reps who don't see impeachable offenses, wtf is wrong with them, we need to be heard seriously.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/404612,CST-NWS-bush29.article

just a snip:scared:

Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him.
Democrats view the November elections that gave them control of Congress as a mandate to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq. They're backed by evidence; election exit poll surveys by the Associated Press and television networks found 55 percent saying the U.S. should withdraw some or all of its troops from Iraq.

The president says Democrats have it wrong: the public doesn't want the troops pulled out -- they want to give the military more support in its mission.

[eridani]

87. The 25th amendment relies a lot on the Vice President--

--to initiate incompetency proceedings. Don't think we want that, unless we impeach Cheney first.

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. "I am the president!"... In music, when an artist/band becomes self-referential,

example "We are (band name)" over and over in their music, they have jumped the shark.

Pray for parallels.

[Beausoleil]

37. He has to keep reminding himself

because he knows (deep down, if he's honest with himself) he doesn't belong there.

I'm the Decider!
I'm the Commander!
I'm the War President!


But I think you make a good point: He is Devo!

[Fire Walk With Me]

38. Ha! Mongoloid is currently on the radio.. And Devo is the one exception

I can think of, off the top of my head.

Yes, Bush is setting new records for "What you don't want to see in a person in a position of power". At least, in the future, we'll hopefully be better prepared to boot someone exhibiting these symptoms.

[Beausoleil]

41. It would be a lot easier

as long as he wore one of these:



I think it's a good fit, exemplifies the devolution of our political system.

[bdamomma]

33. I am ready for him to thump the podium to show everyone what

a totally out of control nut he is.

[ginnyinWI]

34. America really missed the boat in 2004

At the time it was hard for me to believe that so many people had voted in their ignorance, not allowing themselves to become really informed about which man was competent. Did they watch the debates? It still amazes me that they re-elected the Chump. Shows what a complicit media is able to do, coupled with fear, which drives out reason.

Not only is he incompetent,he appears to be getting more and more unbalanced as time goes on. Reagan had Alzheimers's, but this one has Megalomania.

[HughBeaumont]

39. It's all about fear, hatred and uncertainty.

Fear of looking "French" or "queer" for voting democratic, even though they KNEW in their hearts the Failure Fuhrer didn't have their best interests in mind and got routed badly (looking like a complete LOON in the process to boot) in all three debates.

Hatred of someone or something - in this case, homosexuals, abortion and media-demonized liberals.

Uncertainty - the whole "can't switch horsemen in the middle of the Apocalypse!" deal.

[Patchuli]

88. Touchscreen voting

and massive election fixing, caging voters, you name it, they did it in 2004. A lot of people voted for Kerry but somehow their votes got twisted to Bush. I hear Rove was hard at work that night...

[Z_I_Peevey]

36. Based on my experiences with genuine psychos in the past,

I'd say we're getting real close to the public meltdown/unmasking we've all been anticipating for six years. Once that mask comes off, it's Katy-bar-the-door crazytown.

Once they hit the chest-thumping "I am the Great Poobah" stage, well...there's not much hope for reason to take hold.

[sojourner]

40. ...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

44. wasn't Mussolini into chest thumping too?

a fascist thing?

[Roland99]

45. A scarlet "T". Such a fitting description of the mindset in the WH.

[Beelzebud]

46. I'm so glad we have a strong opposition party standing up to this whack job!

Oh wait. We don't. Nevermind.

[guitar man]

47. "Friends from Texas"

I would like to know who the "friends from Texas" are and can we get them to go on record about the chest thumping tirade.

I don't want to cast asparagus here, but "friends from Texas" is a lot like the "some people say" school of "journalism" we have been witnessing lately. I have little or no doubt that LLPP* has a propensity to throw such tantrums, but it would sure be nice to get them nailed down on record AND get the MSM to actually report it for a change.

Then maybe the whole country could start waking up to what a nightmare this asshat is.

[windbreeze]

50. Not to change the subject....but...

every time I read a post and one of us uses that "casting asparagus" comment...I have to LOL...Thanks for a bit of levity in this crazy world today...
wb
ps: I feel the same way about anonymous sources=useless..

[guitar man]

53. LOL

I try to keep a light heart in these trying times.

Like I said, I have little doubt that Bu$h did thump his chest and act like Napoleon, hell, he probably dresses up in blue tights with a big red "W" on the chest and chases Condi around the White House, but without someone going in record hard and unflappable, the general public will never get the hard look at this madman that we have already taken.

[npincus]

48. CRAZY man at large on the world

[Aviation Pro]

55. Yes, we officially have a deranged, psychotic man in the Presidency...(Froomkin)

Words fail me, but I am now officially frightened:

But Bush Isn't Listening

Georgie Anne Geyer writes in her Dallas Morning News column that when it comes to his war in Iraq, "by all reports, President Bush is more convinced than ever of his righteousness.

"Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated 'I am the president!' He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of 'our country's destiny.'"

Link to the Geyer column.

[WI_DEM]

56. tumping his chest three times repeating "I am the president!" I can see it.

I really can.

[Aviation Pro]

59. There has to be some way to remove him....

...other than impeachment. The country is clearly in a clear and present danger as a result of him and his familiars.

[bdamomma]

62. he is a threat to our national security, and I am getting to the

point of calling whoever and whomever to say this man is not well, and not fit to hold office, he is a threat to all of us. Maybe we should all call our Reps and Senators and put this out there, I don't care if people call me crazy, something needs to be done. Invoke the 25th Amendment if these Senators still believe in it, why is everyone so afraid to talk up against this maniac, we all can see what is happening. just my rant.

[havocmom]

85. Thinkin Cheney is counting on 'some way' other than impeachment.

Cheney needs a BIG situation to justify implementing all those shiney new powers the executive branch insists they can assume over ALL branches of government in case of a BIG emergency.

Cheney is goin down fast these days & he doesn't seem the type to go along peacefully when he gets yanked outta his lucrative office by impeachment.

This worries me. The chimp goes ape and all the sudden they let protesters get close enough that he has to notice them. Somebody getting set up to be an emergency? The man is nuts, but he has to have some sense of self preservation. He has to be feeling the heat and if he isn't doin his job selling the slop to the nation, he might just feel the need to calm himself with the delusion that he is actually the one in charge.

Poor dumb fucker must be feeling pretty jumpy these days. Unca Dick must be hell to deal with as the heat ratchets up.

[KittyWampus]

57. Just like Nixon who self medicated with alchohol and an anti-convulsive. His Aides didn't know when

to ignore Nixon's orders and when to carry them out.

[Fridays Child]

71. It's interesting that you mention the anti-convulsives because I've speculated, for some time...

...that Bush is on anti-seizure medication. Rare close-ups that reveal the condition of his mouth have made me wonder if he takes Dilantin (or a similar barbiturate), which wreaks havoc on the gums and teeth. I've wondered, in fact, if he even has his own teeth. They seem to be receded quite far back into his mouth, as seen in the gum and bone atrophy of long-term denture wearers.

The need for anti-seizure medication would also be consistent with his odd accidents, such as falling off his couch and his bike, plus the other scrapes and bruises that he sports, from time to time, without providing any public explanation.

Another interesting clue is that the man is clearly dyslexic, and it's been documented that as many as a third of epileptics suffer from dyslexia.

In the picture below, he was in Scotland, I believe, and dressed only in his underwear, probably getting ready to retire for the night. You might recall that this shot resulted in an uproar because nobody should have been able to get that close to a window into his private quarters. A big deal was also made of the holes along the seam of his undershirt. But I always thought that the interesting thing about it was that he appeared to be toothless and quite medicated.

[Az]

58. This menace must go

We The People must wake up and remove this cancer from our government. Reason is dead and he is feasting on its corpse.

[TahitiNut]

60. (shrug) What could have been more obvious for the last 6 years?

It is NOT hyperbole to observe his pathological narcissism, nor is it hyperbole to observe the sociopaths he's surrounded himself with.

[lyonn]

67. Which brings to mind this BS about Reagan....

The ones george has surrounded himself with are from the Reagan era. They were dumber than a door and frantically rewriting history.

[TahitiNut]

68. Poppy was the Cheney of Reagan's administration.

The Bush family has been fronting for and profiting from fascist ideologues for many decades.

[Aviation Pro]

61. Mods, can you roll this into the discussion started by kpete....

...same version different source.

[alfredo]

63. We'd say he is "snake shit crazy", or "bat shit crazy." I think

calling him "looney tunes" fits too.

[demnan]

64. We have impeachment for just such a situation

However our Congress is to frightened to stand up and do what is right.

[tblue]

65. Me scared

[lyonn]

66. Geyer nailed him (georgie and his arrogant buddies). nt

[helderheid]

70. He's PSYCHO - check the eyes!

[donkeyotay]

75. Worth reading the whole piece.

It was somewhat new to me - the camps. Now we've created millions more refugees. So sad. And so sad that our country is so oblivious to our role in strengthening terror. Our president...what's left to say...?

[FloridaJudy]

76. Several times I've seen Bu$h on the news lately

I'm convinced he's been drinking. He has all the symptoms of an alcoholic that's relapsed: the glassy-eyed stare, the slurred speech, the way he walks very carefully to avoid stumbling, the nervous tics. The way his "handlers" hustle him off after his prepared speeches so that he isn't compelled to take questions strengthen my suspicions.

Whether it's alcohol, medication or a worsening neurological/psychiatric disorder, the fact is that the man is not in full possession of whatever limited faculties he has. It explains this whole Gonzalez fiasco: no one with a lick of sense could publicly state that Gonzo is doing a great job. If someone doesn't intervene, and soon, things could get even worse, and heaven knows they're already in the toilet.

[Rex]

79. BJ = impeachment

Crazy ass Decider in Charge = shiiiiiit.

[Cha]

80. Was there someone at

"the meeting" of the bushits who doubted bush was the resident? Or was bush having paranoid reactions of inferiority? No worries, bush, you are.

[lonestarnot]

82. Someone needs to sit the ignorant sob down on their lap and give him a fucking hug

and tell him he's going to be ok (but keep a puke bag handy) and then call 911.

[Jackpine Radical]

83. Jeez, I've done mental health commitments on

better protoplasm than what's in the White House.