Wednesday, November 05, 2008

A Disgrace.

The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
What must our enemies be thinking?
By JEFFREY SCOTT SHAPIRO - WSJOnline

No doubt our all-seeing, all know readers like Skunk and Travis will not bother to read Mr. Shapiro's well thought out piece, but it is very accurate...

I'm reminded of Kipling's poem "Tommy"

'Tommy'

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

4 comments:

T-Rav said...

"Do not quote to me liberal statistics you cannot back up with facts." - "He didn’t win on the up and up. I can’t prove it, but I know it anyway." Contradictory?

And yes your are getting mean... "Commie-symp-pinko" is what you consider 65 million people or is that just Me and James?

And I love how you continue to use HUSSEIN in all caps as if you still believe Obama is a Muslim. SIDNEY lost not because there is some left wing conspiracy, but because there was a majority in favor of a new direction. It is that simple.

I do not and will not agree with all that Obama has proposed or will do. I do, however, feel that we will be a better country in 4 years because of him.

The Mighty Skunk said...

Wow, you found one article painting Bush as a misunderstood hero. Here's one randomly-Googled page with links to over 200 articles casting Bush as a war criminal, an incompetent, a liar, a deluded egomaniac, a serial violator of the US Constitution, among the worst presidents in US history, and so forth and so on...and that's just his first term.

http://www.jrmooneyham.com/mrbsh.html

If you don't like those, there are several thousand others.

A few things for Mr. Shapiro to think about, just off the top of my head:

*Response to Katrina
*Alberto Gonzalez' illegal politicization of the US Justice Dept
*No-bid contracts to Halliburton
*Lies about weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq
*Monica Goodling
*Failure to competently pursue bin Laden
*Continual violation of FISA laws
*Continual violations of Habeus Corpus
*Turning Clinton Administration's surplus into $10 trillion deficit
*Attempt at an Imperial Presidency
*Ten times more signing statements than any previous President
*4191 US soldiers dead in Iraq, no WMD
*30,774 US soldiers wounded in Iraq, no WMD
*Near collapse of US banking system
*Near collapse of US economy
*No effort to reduce US dependence on oil
*Twice as many vacation days as any other US president
*And...all of this lack of accomplishment despite a Republican congress for 6 of 8 years.

Want to to see the saddest example of Bush's incompetence? Go to LAX or ORD or JFK at 8:00 on a weekday morning, stand in the lobby near the TSA checkpoint, and watch.

Now THAT is a disgrace.

The Big Guy said...

Easy there, Turbo...
Don't get your knickers in a twist.

It's not contradictory.
It says it right there: I CAN'T PROVE IT, BUT I KNOW IT ANYWAY.

Was there there NOT a consolidated effort at voter fraud on Barry's side?

Did Barry NOT engineer his fund raising machinery in such a way (disabling anti-fraud measures) as to make it easy for non-eligible contributors (non-US citizens contributing, multiple contributions of the max amount by the same person, use of "gift cards", etc) to contribute to his campaign?

And who called you a Commie Sympathizer? Wasn't me. They know who they are. I don't need to label people...
Well... Maybe as idjits and boneheads, but not Commies.
(I will call you a Damn Yankee, but I'd never peg you as a Commie.)

His name is still Barry Obama HUSSEIN Soetoro Obama?
Something wrong with calling him by his name?
Sounds like you want to hide it away. I know Barry doesn't mind people knowing it. He's on the record about it.
No hidden agenda here...
I'll lay it right out...
I think Barry has a certain level of pandering to the Islamic/Muslim community in his makeup.

(Note: the term "I THINK" denotes opinion.)

Let's just put this all to one side here...
Wait for Jan 20, give it a few months. Let The One work his magic.
Maybe he can work a few miracles.

Meanwhile, we wait and see...

TBG, ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

The Big Guy said...

Skunk-
As with anything else you care imagine, (like, oh, Gay Asian Amputee Toilet Handjob Porn... I dare you to put *that* one in a Google search) you can find it on the Interweb- just because you can find a link to it doesn't mean it's true.

I don't agree with all his policies or actions, but in the realm of alternatives, I'm sure as hell glad he was President on Sept 11 2001 rather than Gore or Clinton.
(My OPINION - and you are entitled to your own.)

And if you want to compare laundry lists, I'm sure I could whip up one as incriminating and evil for Clinton. At some point soon I will, as a similar thought exercise, counterpoint your list...
I'm too tired right now.

And lastly-
Dude, the Patriot Act nightmare has hit me as hard and probably as invasively as anyone. For this year I have over 40 trips through the TSA mag & bags; I hate it every time... but I haven't seen a reasonable alternative yet...
And the recent offshoot (laptop search in Canada) "benefit" is even more offensive...

Like I said earlier- let's wait and see...
Bush is a Lame Duck, (insert your own joke here) and McSame is a non-issue.
Let's see how The One does.
(But I think we'd agree, he'd REALLY have to fuck up do a worse job. Hopefully The One will have better luck with his cabinet and getting things done in Washington.)

Take care-
TBG