A Word from Wall Street's Bartender

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



A Word from Wall Street's Bartender
By Terrance Heath

July 28th, 2008 - 11:09am ET


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It was a jaw-droppingly, mystifyingly obtuse, callous moment in an administration that's given us enough of them to fill what would have to be the world's most depressing bloopers reel. It also brilliantly captured a president and an administration who don't feel American's pain, but smirk at it instead.

I didn't think he could top his farewell shout-out to the G8 — "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter" — but he did it.

You can't blame the president for wanting the cameras turned off for this: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/word-wall-streets-bartender


My first thought was, "Well, who supplied the open bar?" But Jeff Danziger said it best with a political cartoon depicting a passed-out drunk to represent Wall Street, and Bush, dressed as a bartender, leaning against the bar and — with that trademark smirk — claiming ignorance about how the drunk got, well, drunk.

I can't help wondering what late, great, former-Bush-classmate Molly Ivins would have made of Bush's most recent stunner. In a 2003 Mother Jones article titled "The Uncompassionate Conservative," wrote this about her fellow Texan.

In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then add an impressive degree of class-based obliviousness. What you end up with is a guy who sees himself as a perfectly nice fellow -- and who is genuinely disconnected from the impact of his decisions on people.

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The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/word-wall-streets-bartender

[Hydra]

1. A very good piece

I especially liked the part about "Well meaning"- I doubt the Chimp has a well meaning bone in his body, and as pointed out, he's hardly oblivious to what he's doing- he's proud of it!

[Greyhound]

2. K & R

:kick: & R