True, the latest economic reports also show a modest share of this prosperity is finally trickling down to America’s working families. But rest assured: the Federal Reserve is on the case, and will raise interest rates as high as necessary to nip this dangerous inflationary trend in the bud. America’s true heros — the CEOs and billionaires who control our giant multinational corporations — deserve no less. We must not fail them in their hour of obscene prosperity, and as long as I am president, (sobs) we will not.
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August 7, 2005
WB: Radio Daze
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Coming home from orientation-slash-interrogation barbecue here in beautiful Huntsville, Alabama, the home of Centcom, Joint War Fighting, and its Keeping It Real for All of US shangrai lai, we’re passing gas stations at $2.69 which were at $2.59 just last week, and climbing.
I’m thinking, if we have to go to another sweet corn, succotash and barbecue ribs come-to-meeting I swear I’m going to hurt myself! It wasn’t so bad fitting into the 1950’s Gary Powers version of what US was like before it went outsource and downsize, it’s the subtle probing they do.
Here’s the IT job test: “Clearance Requirement: Top Secret, Special Cmpartmentalized Information (TS SCI) with lifestyle polygraph.”
TS SCI lifestyle polygraph!?! For a Federally-
funded Homeland Defense job? Is that lifestyle profiling even legal under the current beta version of the Neo US Constitution?! Is that the game plan? If we can’t stop the outsourcing, then create an imaginary IT world of 1950’s white guys, with plaid shirts, pocket protectors, and Brill-Creamed flat-tops, driving muscle cars?
Joe McCarthy, is that you?
Well, I passed that test by focusing my thoughts on life back with my parents, during the 1950’s, when you wore long skirts, white bobbie socks and screamed your fu–king head off for a shot of J-D to numb the banality. But if I told you those questions they asked, I’d have to kill you. %)
It’s BushCo’s Thousand Day War Plan. One thousand days to convert the last tattered shreds of the American Dream into his Nazi Corporate Socialism, the Final Solution, both for US, and the World.
You’re either with ’em or you’re goyem, roadkill.
And the sad simple fact is, everyone’s running so f–king scared, now that everyone sees the truth, that we’re gonna sink a lot farther down into a Neo Fourth Reich than anyone had ever imagined.
Shuush! They’re giving the final consecration!
“God bless Huntsville, Liberty, Freedom, and full-term careers in Homeland Defense IT jobs!”
I’m gonna go out and get drunk on my ass.
Posted by: tante aime | Aug 7 2005 7:23 utc | 1
Clearly, the properity of our socioeconomic elite now rests on a sound and stable footing.
shouldn’t that be “a sound and stable looting“?
Posted by: b real | Aug 7 2005 7:30 utc | 2
Billmon got the mo-jo, pass it on.
Surfs up 35ft+ get your board.
Posted by: anna missed | Aug 7 2005 8:58 utc | 5
And one more thing, how’d the cheer-leader get to be the goddamned coach?
over&out
Posted by: anna missed | Aug 7 2005 9:16 utc | 6
Bush has spent his whole life running to get to the head of any parade going down the street (hardly a trait of his father). The Neocons knew this well, always telling him whatever they proposed was a parade. Someone needs trip the bastard everytime he takes off.
Posted by: ken melvin | Aug 7 2005 13:10 utc | 7
Suckers .. that is exactly what he thinks of most people … money and power are all that count … Bush and Rove do not think they are above the Law they think they are the Law … and they have played the Radical Right for every dime they can get … You do great writing … keep it up …thanks for all the effort you put into it …
I like the cut of your jib matey. When I saw your radio jpg I thought you also audioed. I reckon thats’ the next link in blogland.
When you do satire like this a few voices are the ant’s pants.
And the Brecht references… my! You’ve got some Threepenny Opera going yourself.
Posted by: Dave Riley (Australia) | Aug 8 2005 0:46 utc | 11
Good thing they came up with “WhattheFuck?”
I heard in an earlier draft his speechwriters were trying out “Universal Alliance to Save Kulture, Education, Democracy, Freedom, Onion Rings, and Idiotic Television” (UASKEDFORIT). Guess that didn’t work as well in Frank Luntz’s focus groups.
Posted by: maxcrat | Aug 8 2005 1:30 utc | 12
Maybe, someday, the microphones will be left on after the radio speech, and Bush will have his Lonesome Rhodes moment.
Posted by: Meteor Blades | Aug 8 2005 3:00 utc | 13
bitter homour is what we need right now- it goes with the territory.
People with sense are waking up– suddenly-and way too late.
Posted by: shycat | Aug 8 2005 4:23 utc | 14
Maybe, someday, the microphones will be left on after the radio speech, and Bush will have his Lonesome Rhodes moment.
Well he does kind of look like a dumber, meaner Andy Griffith.
Posted by: Billmon | Aug 8 2005 16:44 utc | 15
“Clearly, the properity of our socioeconomic elite now rest…”
…Incurious George couldn’t say this phrase to save his life.
Posted by: Blue Shark | Aug 8 2005 23:36 utc | 16