Terror as a Marketing Tool

Written by Shark
Published April 24, 2004
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And as if Bush hadn't spread enough TERROR among Americans (making him a what, kids?), the other day, our President George W. Bush told reporters that he fully expects another major attack on American soil before the November election.

No embarrassing future hearings asking what they were doing on this one, eh? Not with that "Cover Your Ass" statement to an Associated Press convention!

"I told them there'd be an attack! I told the editors of AP at that dinner in April! It was our highest priority! I warned you, America!"

No, we're in a war, and unlike other great leaders, Bush doesn't tell us that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. --- And no, unlike other "wars", we're not asked to sacrifice anything other than our peace of mind. No gas rationing, no meat coupons, no steel collection drives by the Little Rascals, no "turn in your nylon stockings" days down at the Junior League in Crawford, Texas. Nope. Buy a Hummer. Invest in Halliburton, keep shopping, stay terrified, and vote for Bush.

As if we weren't scared enough, Bob Woodward asked Bush if he consulted his father on the war in Iraq. Bush replied that he got advice from a HIGHER Father, a cosmic dude who apparently whispers sweet nothings in his ear about invading other nations, spreading democracy, remaking the Middle East, and expediting the fucking Apocalypse.

It's scary enough to have a born-again Christian with one hand on the red nukes button and the other hand flipping through "The Book of Revelations", but now the guy has a direct line to God Almighty. And unlike those heathen animals who place calls to a lesser god named "Allah", he is never put on "HOLD". Never. God not only has call waiting, but he has a video-conference capability; He can talk to Pat Robertson, Ralph Reed, Judge Moore, and George W. Bush at the same time.

In contrast to that, Democratic candidate John Kerry can't even get his guy the Pope to stop making ads for Bush and the Right To Lifers. He can't even get a friggin' Cardinal in Boston to return his calls.

One would hope that when it comes to The End of The World, God doesn't need any outside help, but I'm not sure Bush doesn't see that as part of his job description.

And as if all that weren't enough to keep you huddled under your bed sucking your thumb and crying for Mommy, how about this:

Bob Woodward: "President Bush, how will history remember your war in Iraq?"

Bush: "History, what do I care...we'll all be dead!"

I suggest that be the new Republican slogan, the main plank in the reelection campaign, and a replacement for "In God We Trust" and "God Bless America."

"WHAT DO I CARE... WE'LL ALL BE DEAD!"

We'll all be dead.

We'll all be...

dead.

Indeed.

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#1 — April 24, 2004 @ 19:38PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

You should do more investigative reporting. Does the corporation which makes Depends adult diapers also contribute to the Republicrats?

And those Johnnie-On-The Spot guys, I bet they're really owned by Halliburton.

#2 — April 24, 2004 @ 20:05PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

Sorry, but I've concluded you owe me $5. Please contact me for Paypal info. It was the least I could do.

#3 — April 24, 2004 @ 20:41PM — Al Barger [URL]

You get a pretty good rant going here Shark, and I dig that. You went utterly hysterical with little or no logic. Yeah, you've been huffing from the MD bag. Of course, it has little or nothing to do with the real world.

For example, where are these Patriot Burnings and Patriot Lynchings you refer to? Not to defend the Patriot Act, but other than the Orwellian sound of the name, what exactly is bad in the Patriot Act? I haven't seen dissidents being rounded up for any camps. There are legitimate concerns, and I don't know how much of the Patriot Act I would support, but I haven't seen any of these terrible results that y'all keep spouting about.

You're out of line with your anti-Christian sentiments as well. You make out like Dubya is Martin Sheen in The Dead Zone. That's just silly. Seems like you're just saying that really no religious person- or at least no Christian- should be president.

Finally, what the hell is Bush SUPPOSED to do about terror alerts. Nothing? Then he's the jerk next even modest terror attack we get.

The terror threat levels are a legitimate tool for trying to give us a simple heads up. I don't know how much good they do, but Dubya HAD to do something like that.

#4 — April 24, 2004 @ 20:53PM — Shark

Al, first of all, and dig this for all future parsing of SHARK material:

I DON'T DO "LOGIC".

I

Don't

Do

Logic.

Fuck logic.

Logic got us where we are.

'kay?

'Kay.

Secondly, nothing I said above can be disputed. Nothing.

There's no debate.

re: "Seems like you're just saying that really no religious person- or at least no Christian- should be president."

I would never suggest that. That would be silly.

Thirdly, when I get "hysterical", you'll know it.

Thanks for playing, tho!

#5 — April 24, 2004 @ 20:54PM — Nick Jones

"You make out like Dubya is Martin Sheen in The Dead Zone."

Yes! Greg Stillson! I KNEW The Chimp reminded me of someone. Thanks, Al!!!

#6 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:15PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

ah, geez, Al, I was just about to get $5 out of this bozo using third world liberal guilt, and you had to queer it all up. Now he's going to know we're all part of the cock-knocker worldwide conspiracy.

So both of you fruit-bags owe me $5.

#7 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:25PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

And I want to declare that no matter how much terror you feel, just thinking of the supple buttocks of Al, so like a 17 year old boy, Howdy, I'm sure we can all forgive our political differences.

#8 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:28PM — Nick Jones

Jim: Ew.

Give me five bucks.

#9 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:29PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

and everybody who just had a vaguely erotic idea, you owe me $5.
Pay me.

#10 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:35PM — Al Barger [URL]

Jim, you got a right purty mouth- I'll gladly give you the $5.

Thank you Shark for acknowledging the lack of logic.

#11 — April 24, 2004 @ 21:44PM — Jim Carruthers [URL]

Who knew I could make so much money off Howdy's supple ass?

Hey, Al, you don't have to put out the red light tonight!

#12 — April 24, 2004 @ 23:37PM — RJ Elliott [URL]

Shark said:

"I DON'T DO "LOGIC".

I

Don't

Do

Logic.

Fuck logic."

We really didn't need this clarification, but thanks... ;-]

#13 — April 25, 2004 @ 10:55AM — Shark

RJ, At least I admit it up front.

Unlike you, I have no illusions about the way the mind works.

Re: "Logic" and didactic arguments, etc ---

MY FAVORITE QUOTE:

"I do not consider the relative result more important than the choice between cake and cherries after dinner. The system of quickly looking at the other side of a thing in order to impose your opinion indirectly is called dialectics, in other words, haggling over the spirit of french fries while dancing method around." --Tzara

#14 — April 25, 2004 @ 14:10PM — HW Saxton Jr.

Shark,you are my hero.Anybody who would
quote Tzara, mention Lautremont(not that
anyone but me noticed)and even notice I
mentioned Bunuel in my Movie list is a
man amongst men. Seeing as to how you
always have to explain your satire this
qoute from Dali seemed apropos:

"When the creations of a genius collide
with the mind of a layman and produce an
empty sound,there is little doubt as to
which is at fault..."


#15 — May 26, 2004 @ 10:32AM — Shark

Thanks, HW; I musta missed that compliment. I coulda used it the last month or so -- my self-esteem has been waning to the point where my "admirable role models" have gone from Colin Powell to Ted Kaczynski!

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SPEAKING OF WAGGING THE DOG: The Bush Junta makes Clinton look like an amateur.

Headlines have gone from

--"Another Bombing in Baghad"
--"Gas Prices Highest in History"
-- "More Abu Ghraib Horrors Released"
-- "Bush Plunges in Polls"
-- "Europe, NATO, and the UN say to Bush: Fuck You, We Ain't touchin' Your Oozing Puss-Filled Open American Sore Known as Iraq"

~ to ~

"TERRORISTS PLAN TO ATTACK ON US SOIL"

Gee. Like we didn't KNOW that... especially after we blew Iraq.

Look: It's now almost JUNE OF 2004, and we haven't seen hide nor hair of Tom Ridge since the day he was appointed "Director of Fatherland Security" -- but now that:

1) Bush's popularity is plunging;
2) Iraq is getting worse (if that's possible);
3) Abu Ghraib and the US military's idea of homoeroticism won't go away;
4) the economy, thanks to gasoline, is about to tank even more...

...THEY TROT OUT THE TERRORISTS.

"Get Ridge out there to rustle up some "scare"!"

No, by "Terrorists" I do not mean Bin Laden and his boyz, I mean the Bush Administration spokesmen who casually drop words like "Dirty Bomb" and "Bioterrorism" into interviews with every empty talking head on every TV channel this morning. They're not only trying to frighten us into a "Bush/Cheney 04" T-shirt, they're trying to do a Cover-Yer-Ass move in case this summer ends like the one in '01. "Hey, we told you... even had an explicit report titled 'Bin Laden Determined to Attack Before 04 Election ('Cuz He's for Kerry)"

What are they trying to tell us?

Be vigilant.

Fuck you, Tommy. You BE vigilant.

I'm too busy collecting cans along the side of the highway to notice what sort of freight is coming into Houston -- or who is getting on an airplane with a smoking shoe or a pair of fingernail files.

You be vigilant, Tommy.

Or get that Republican Cash Cow/Golden Calf, the Star-Wars Missile Defense Program up and running, but make damn sure they add a setting for "Crop Dusters".

Better yet, take some of that $175 BILLION you dickheads spent in Iraq and shore up the USA's borders -- which leak more than Karl Rove's office about the identity of CIA agents married to whistleblowers.




(I just felt the need to update my prophetic entry -- and point out yet again:

Bush and his people suck.)

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now... where's my Soma...?

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