GWB's Sneer of Cold Command

The battle for the George W. Bush statues is on. In San Francisco, a group of "progressives" tears down a statue of the president: "The crowd succeeded in destroying the likeness of their unpopular, un-elected ruler at approximately 11:14 AM Saturday morning," says the press release. "They spent the remainder of the day in close proximity to the gathering peace forces, likely fearful of retribution at the hands of pockets of resistance still loyal to the Bush regime."

[Outraged Bush supporters take note: I believe the statue was actually a simulacrum of fabled San Francisco politician John Burton, with a Bush mask strategically placed.]

Would a statue of the president donated to the people of Iraq get better treatement? If the BushStatue.org project gets off the ground, we may find out.

Comments

[Yawn]

Mexicans pummel pinatas.

I've seen Madeira Portuguese annually burn effigies of Judas, too.

Then there are the ubiquitous punching bags and dart boards in many basements and offices.

Harmless stuff. Nothing to get upset over -- except for small minds. They're allowed to.

[Anonymous]

don't know which one is worse, doing your own thing or just being cool

[Matt]

Good Ozymandias reference.

[joe]

Putting up statues of living people, especially ones who are serving in office, is a really, really bad idea for a democracy.

[Jozef]

Now here is a good reason for not legalizing pot...

[Anonymous]

Just being cool is done at a lower temperature than doing your own thing. So you figure it out.

[Iconophil]

"Putting up statues of people who are [currently] serving in office, is a really bad idea."

But we only do that so we can genuflect and grovel in front of the thing every morning. Since we can't reach the guy live, a likeness will have to do.