Daily Ramblings:
Only A Pawn ...03/25/2005
11:02:28 am
It goes to "state of mind," your
honor. The day after the November 2nd, 2004 U.S.
election, CityPages.com published an article by Greil Marcus
that had nothing to do with music (thanks to Rich for
the tip). It was his fantasy obituary for George W.
Bush, dated "October 5th, 2018," and it has
to be read to be believed. He looks back on Bush's
second term and details accomplishments including
"the dismantling of Social Security and
Medicare," the effective abolition of free
speech in America, and a war conducted by hired
private contractors (U.S. forces being hopelessly
tied down in Iraq) on both Iran and North Korea. The
end result is a global mess that sees the deaths of
12 million people and "the displacement of
millions more."
The constitution is changed by 2008 to allow Bush
to run for a third term - but he is instead soundly
beaten by Bill Clinton. The post-presidential Dubya
is rumored to have begun drinking again. His
daughters Barbara and Jenna are killed in a drunk
driving accident that also causes the deaths of seven
others. Laura Bush dies of Parkinson's disease.
On the plus side (at least for conservatively
inclined readers), the Democratic Party has been so
marginalized that it has "ceased to function in
many states," and the Weekly
Standard is now a daily!
By all means read it all. I leave it to you
then to speculate whether Marcus initially decided to
speak
about Masters Of War at Columbia and
then just couldn't help himself from sniping at Bush
... or whether he decided to snipe at Bush and
figured Masters Of War was as good an
entrée as any.
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