The Psychopath's "State of the Union": Disguising America's Deep Humiliation

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The Psychopath's "State of the Union": Disguising America's Deep Humiliation
by Walter C. Uhler | January 28, 2008



I won't be watching President Bush's "State of the Union" speech tonight. And I'll studiously avoid reading about it tomorrow. Not because Bush is a lame duck - thank God for that. But, because he a megalomaniac and a pathological lair.

You know how it works. Whether it's your friend, relative or acquaintance; whenever you've reached the conclusion that he/she is an inveterate liar, you simply stop listening to him/her, because he/she has lost all credibility and respect.

Actually, Bush never had my respect. Instead, I marveled over how a punk child of privilege could drink and bluff his way through mediocrity and failure - whether it be in college, the Texas Air National Guard, private enterprise (oil, baseball) or as governor of Texas - and still emerge with the belief that "God wants me to be President."

Once in office, America's psychopathic president began to plot the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Why? Because, Saddam was "the guy who tried to kill my dad." Unfortunately, while obsessing about Saddam the psychopath blew off intelligence indicating that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorists were preparing to strike the United States.

Of course, the psychopath then concealed his own personal negligence ("As a leader, you can never admit a mistake."), behind a puerile vow to "rid the world of evil" and a barrage of lies about Saddam Hussein. Thus, in the two years following the 9/11 attacks, the Bush administration made some 935 false statements about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda. Bush made 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass destruction and 28 about Saddam's ties to al Qaeda.

Unfortunately, behind his lies was a psychopathy feeding off willful self-delusion. Thus, according to Rev. Pat Robertson, who met with Bush in Nashville on the eve of the invasion, Bush "was the most self-assured man I ever met in my life…like a contented Christian with four aces."

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[Tom Strong]

1. "To the people of Iran: we have no quarrel with you....

...we just might be sending a few thousand cruise missiles in your general direction, that's all. Aheheheh. But don't take it personal if we accidentally kill half of your loved ones. It's all for the greater good. The greater good of Freedom!"

[Z_I_Peevey]

2. Kick

[JohnyCanuck]

3. Nothing like a new "Pearl Harbor" to start off a new war.

while obsessing about Saddam the psychopath blew off intelligence indicating that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorists were preparing to strike the United States.

I guess Chimpman and the neocons just "lucked out" that the warnings they "blew off" allowed that new "Pearl Harbor" to occur and the 100 year "War on Terror" to commence. (That's 100 years of "no bid" and "cost plus" contracts for the MIC, folks.)

"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Nothing like a new "Pearl Harbor" to start off a new war.

while obsessing about Saddam the psychopath blew off intelligence indicating that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorists were preparing to strike the United States.

I guess Chimpman and the neocons just "lucked out" that the warnings they "blew off" allowed that new "Pearl Harbor" to occur and the 100 year "War on Terror" to commence. (That's 100 years of "no bid" and "cost plus" contracts for the MIC, folks.)

"Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."

"There is one difference," I pointed out. "In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."

"Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp