Tag Archives: George W. Bush

Dubya goes to Haiti. Book him Danno!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Eric Verlo

The ultra-right wing Heritage Foundation made the suggestion yesterday, and it turned out President Obama liked it. George what-me-Worry Bush will co-chair the Haiti relief committee! The New Orleans Katrina aid travesty qualified him to do what? Play guitar and … Continue reading →

Posted in That's Rich | Tagged George W. Bush, Haiti | 3 Comments

Did you elect Obama to finish the job?

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Eric Verlo

President Obama wants to “finish the job?” What job would that be? Are we talking about a job which Bush started? Because I am pretty sure Mr. Obama was elected NOT to do that. “Finish” Afghanistan? Where was Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Afghanistan, Barack Obama, George W. Bush | Leave a comment

Change that Works as viewed by the very dim light of a thousand points

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I read there were demonstrators at Texas A & M to greet President Obama as he arrived to participate in a community service symposium honoring former president George Herbert Walker Bush. I’ll admit I was surprised they were run of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Change that Works, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Media | 1 Comment

I want Obama to win a JUSTICE prize

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Then our Nobel Laureate can restore Habeas Corpus, stop rendition and torture, repeal the Patriot Act, confess to illegal wars, war crimes and crimes against humanity, end all occupations, smash the weapons trade, pursue antitrust action against banks and multinational … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Interrogation, Justice | Leave a comment

One man dared

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I’d like to revisit photographs of George Bush. On everyone pictured standing next to him, I’ll stamp “NOT AL-ZAIDI,” meaning, NOT A HERO. The tag would apply to all of us of course, but in particular, to those who had … Continue reading →

Posted in Sight-Bites | Tagged George W. Bush, Interrogation, Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Shoe Thrower, Terrorism | Leave a comment

Charges dropped against Phillip Garrido, Obama wants to look forward not back

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Eric Verlo

The latest of Phillip Garrido’s sex crimes occured in 1991, too far in the past to interest President Obama. Rehashing the injustices of 1990-91 would mean looking into American war crimes of the First Gulf War. To Obama’s reconciliatory way … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Islam, Justice, Phillip Garrido, State Terrorism | Leave a comment

Could Bush have bettered Obama?

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Eric Verlo

David Swanson describes for Tomdispatch what a GW Bush third term would have looked like. He paints a horror story continuation of all the policies which drove voters in 2008 to elect anybody but Bush. But did we? ABB Obama … Continue reading →

Posted in Found Art | Tagged Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Interrogation, Interrogation, rendition | 1 Comment

The antiwar message directed to whom?

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Cindy Sheehan may be glamping again. This time it’s Martha’s Vineyard, where Sheehan is prepared to lay siege to another presidential vacation. Which certainly highlights what’s become undeniable about Barack Obama. He heralds no change. And I’m not prepared to … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Antiwar, Barack Obama, Cindy Sheehan, Colorado Springs, George W. Bush, Militarism, Military | Leave a comment

Was Aught Eight an inauspicious omen?

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I remember the discussion in the nineties of what to name the coming decade. In a previous century yrs 1900-09 were aught years, but “the aughts” is an archaic term. Aught means: no thing; not anything: nil, nothing, null, zero, … Continue reading →

Posted in Semantics, Sight-Bites | Tagged 2008 elections, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Media, Sonia Sotomayor | 1 Comment

Problem solving by U.S. assassination

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Word is out, confirming Seymore Hersh’s alarming report of last year, about the Cheney/Bush special forces tasked with assassinating terrorism suspects. Where others do it, such paramilitary raids are called “death squads.” While their existence is being admitted, Congress is … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Assassination, death squads, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Interrogation, Military, SOTU, State Terrorism, Terrorism | Leave a comment

UN, US, and EU all split on how best to continue to plague Somalia?

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Tony Logan

UN head against new Somalia force ‘In December, Mr Ban had said few countries were willing to send peacekeeping troops to Somalia, as there was no peace to keep.’ That would be the United States’ fault since they tore the … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Africa, Ban Ki-Moon, Barack Obama, European Union, George W. Bush, Piracy, Somali Pirates, Somalia, United Nations | Leave a comment

Canada welcomes Bush, bars Galloway

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Canada refused to bar entry to Ex-president George Bush, then declined calls for his arrest for war crimes and prevented attempts by others to make citizen’s arrests. But in the same breath, Canada denied entry to a prominent antiwar voice, … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Canada, Egypt, Gaza, George Galloway, George W. Bush, Hamas, Iran, Islam, Nazi, Syria | 1 Comment

-and you smell like one too!

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Posted in Sight-Bites | Tagged Chief Justice John Roberts, George W. Bush, John Boehner, Monkeys, Republicans | Leave a comment

Stop bailing the banks out and nationalize them, Robbing Hood

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Tony Logan

$173 billions of taxpayer money given to just one financial company, AIG! Thanks, Obama, you’re really doing great here. What has the American public gotten for this travesty of economics, as Obama and Bush (the Democrats and the Republicans) have … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Bailout, Barack Obama, Economic bailout, Final Solution, financial collapse, George W. Bush, nationalization, Robbing Hoods | Leave a comment

The Dubya archetype as maladroit foil

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Some might argue that it began before George Dubya. Apparently the US public’s distrust of politics is placated by believing its fate is in the hands of someone they could feel comfortable having a beer with. I’d say it began … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bobby Jindal, George W. Bush, GOP, Joe Wurzelbacher, John McCain, Media, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Wimpy | Leave a comment

Obama presidential address to Congress addressed to dueling teleprompters

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Have you noticed that Obama rarely looks forward when he speaks, not even by a fraction of 45 degrees? I think this censored camera shot which gives viewers President Obama’s point of view, the perspective exposes his complete reliance on the teleprompters. That’s why Obama turns his head completely from side to side, never facing forward, never appearing to address the majority of the audience who must obviously be in front of him. Anyway, it’s just an observation, but the mannerism has spoiled me for watching Obama make speeches, and I particularly question his use of the teleprompters for his press conference appearance. Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Barack Obama, C-Span, Congress, Democratic National Convention, George W. Bush, Media, Teleprompters, Television, White House | 2 Comments

Activism heroics and roadkill

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Eric Verlo

This is by no means a complete list of contemporary populist heros, but I’d like to start with comedian Stephen Colbert, who roasted President Bush at a Washington Correspondents Association Dinner, like a court jester gone rabid. With celebrated White … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Africa, Andrew Meyer, Apartheid, Baghdad, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Hampshire College, Helen Thomas, Iran, Israel, Media, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Palestine, Tim DeChristopher | Leave a comment

Send off worthy of a respected dignitary

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Eric Verlo

I’ve been assured that those boots probably looked smashing standing in front of the bathroom mirror.

Posted in News | Tagged George W. Bush | Leave a comment

Who is the economy calling stupid?

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Okay, I’ve had enough of our readiness to believe, about the economy, that nobody knows what’s going on. Nobody will tell you what’s going on, is what’s going on. Even my deepest thinking friend tells me, “Eric, they really don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Barack Obama, Economics, Economy, financial crisis, George W. Bush | 2 Comments

Is Charles Manson getting out in 2012? Absolutely!

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Today on the public radio, I heard PRI’s Matthew Bell pose a question for the program The World. “Is President Bush underrated?” His verdict: “Absolutely!” Well the answer wasn’t Bell’s, actually. But the attribution fell outside the sound bite: Bell … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Bernie Madoff, Bill Kristol, George W. Bush, Media, Semantics | Leave a comment

Did Bush cause the financial crisis?

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Tony Logan

Did Bush cause the financial crisis? is the question that the BBC’s North America Business Correspondent in New York, Greg Wood briefly explores and his conclusion is not surprising. Here is a summation of his argument. ‘Deregulation started long before … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Barack Obama, financial crisis, George W. Bush, guilt | Leave a comment

Barack Obama sneaking in real close

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Eric Verlo

LOOK AT THAT CHEEKY RASCAL! He’s wearing Bush’s tie, and Bush’s lapel pin, and he’s standing right in there between the blue-bloods; like he wants to be Bush 44 and not somebody who even knows those red-tied crackers! I’ve still … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Justice | 1 Comment

Throwing a shoe at Bush was not enough- Dubya and Cheney need to be tortured for National Security reasons

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Tony Logan

It seems to me that the wrong guy is being tortured right now, pre-Christmas. I’m talking about the Iraqi reporter who threw the shoe at America’s smirking Clown President, George W. Bush. Why is he being tortured and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Christmas, Dick Cheney, dick heads, George W. Bush, Interrogation, Interrogation, Iraq, shoe throwing, Terrorism | Leave a comment

US media takes shoe, makes lemonade

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Muntadha al-Zaidi’s shoe may have missed George Bush, but it left a figurative black eye on the warrior emperor, and, a literal shiner on White House spokes- gidget Dana Perino. She was hit by a microphone as secret service agents … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Dana Perino, George W. Bush, Iraq, Media, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, Pornography, Shoes | 2 Comments

Bush Iraq press conference hits the fan

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Eric Verlo

“THIS IS A FAREWELL KISS, YOU DOG!” –yelled al-Baghdadia news journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, as he hurled his first shoe. Finally someone brave enough to have at our obscene Reprobate-in-Chief! What does this say about reporters, officials and celebrities who have … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Baghdad, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Muntadhar al-Zaidi | 6 Comments