Have there been any "Bush is an Idiot" threads on this site?

Talk it, Sister Suzy, talk it.

<sigh>

Edgar's avatar prompts the following from Pogo
We have seen the enemy, and he is us...

Put your head on my shoulder Gus... you are on the bus.....

That quote has been so worked to death. Pogo is way more than a single sentence.

When Bush was first proclaimed president, I vowed to be a loyal opposition, since I knew nothing would keep him from serving. It didn't take long before I had to drop the "loyal" part. Even my brother, who is a lifelong Republican and supporter of conservative leaders, derides idiot Bush at every turn.

Whether we like Bush or find him incompetent, the important thing is that we never, ever forget the attacks of September 12th.

Re: Have there been any "Bush is an Idiot" threads


Freak

Not alone.










Someone will come along and want a link for that..

This thread may be the first of its kind anywhere.

It should be bronzed, along with gus's testicles.

The Source: The Best of Pogo, Edited by Mrs. Walt Kelly and Bill Crouch Jr. A Fireside Book, published by Simon & Schuster, Copyright 1982 by Walt Kelly Estate
The Chapter: ZEROING IN ON THOSE POLLUTERS: WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US, By Walt Kelly, Page 224. Beginning with the sixth paragraph:

"In the time of Joseph McCarthyism, celebrated in the Pogo strip by a character named Simple J. Malarkey, I attempted to explain each individual is wholly involved in the democratic process, work at it or no. The results of the process fall on the head of the public and he who is recalcitrant or procrastinates in raising his voice can blame no one but himself. An introduction to Pogo Papers, published by Simon and Schuster in 1952-53, said in part:

?'...Specializations and markings of individuals everywhere abound in such profusion that major idiosyncrasies can be properly ascribed to the mass. Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly. It is just unfortunate that in the clumsy hands of the cartoonist all traits become ridiculous, leading to a certain amount of self conscious expostulation and the desire to join battle.'

?'There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts of tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.'

As years passed, the final paragraph was reduced to "We have met the enemy and he is us," in a few strips having to do with pollution. The nine words form the title and theme of a Pogo motion picture currently in work, believing as I do that we are all of us responsible for our myriad pollutions, public, private and political."

Joe(Pogo was the first political cartoon I understood)Nation

Thanks for that, Joe. It puts it all in a proper context.

Joe is always there when you really need him.

I love that man like a brother.

Please don't get maudlin on us, gus. I can't stand to see tears rolling down a grown man's cheeks.

I'm sorry. I...I...I think I'm ok now.

If you knew how gus loved his brother, you wouldn't say that.

I got you Kool Aid.

My brother and I has this idea where we would pick the day Bush said the most incredibly dumb thing and we would make up greeting cards to be sent to commenorate that day.

It would be called "AreUFriggingKiddingMe? Day.

So far, for this year, we have cards for

Jan 1
Jan 3 and 4 5
Jan 12 13 15 18 19 20 21
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Any date in February.

or March

April 1 (Natch)

the 4,5,7,8,10,11,13, 15 22,24,25 and 29th.

We were too depressed in May and June to even think about this.

July 4 (I was hoping he's just shut up for that one day, but no...)

then there was this long period where he didn't say anything, when he was on vacation, I guess.


Anyway, let us know.

Joe(oh yeah, August 10,11,13,16,23,29 and 30)Nation

And then there was the night before last.

Suffering from data overload (splutter .....................................
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