TILTING AT WINDMILLS: BUSH WHACKED

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

BUSH WHACKED

There is little to cheer us as 2009 starts what with the economic crisis and the human tragedy in Gaza. The one bright light on the horizon is that we’ll soon be waving farewell to George W Bush.

That light has been somewhat eclipsed by Dubya’s father, the previous president George Bush. He is still intent on creating a lasting Bush dynasty and wants his other son, Jeb, to take his seat in the Oval Office.

Jeb, you will remember, was the former Governor of Florida. His 84-year-old father, who was the nation’s 41 st president, accepts that now is not the time for a Bush to run for office as both the USA and wider world are Bush whacked!

None-the-less he says he would like to see Jeb mount a campaign for the presidency. He says he is competent and has all the skills to take on the job. Did he say the same about Dubya?

Just as you thought it was safe to go back in to the water ... Jeb!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Our friend Sancho has been tilting at the Bush wind mill on his blog. That and more, as he seems to have a bottomless barrel of thoughtful insight (not to mention opinions). This, of course, makes our other friend, Alexander Bewick, quite envious as he, Alex, only gets to blog occasionally.

(For AB’s words of wisdom go to the links section); January 7, 2009 at 8:58 AM

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TILTING AT WINDMILLS

Sancho Panza is much less learned but a good deal saner than his master.

"At this point they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that are on that plain.

"Fortune," said Don Quixote to his squire, as soon as he had seen them, "is arranging matters for us better than we could have hoped. Look there, friend Sancho Panza, where thirty or more monstrous giants rise up, all of whom I mean to engage in battle and slay, and with whose spoils we shall begin to make our fortunes. For this is righteous warfare, and it is God's good service to sweep so evil a breed from off the face of the earth."

"What giants?" said Sancho Panza.

"Those you see there," answered his master, "with the long arms, and some have them nearly two leagues long."

"Look, your worship,'' said Sancho. "What we see there are not giants but windmills, and what seem to be their arms are the vanes that turned by the wind make the millstone go."

"It is easy to see," replied Don Quixote, "that you are not used to this business of adventures. Those are giants, and if you are afraid, away with you out of here and betake yourself to prayer, while I engage them in fierce and unequal combat."”