and we're the Indians, expected to give up our rights, land, religion, and lives for his whims.

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Bush is a yankee and wanna be cowboy. Did you know when he visited Vincente Fox's ranch in old Mexico years ago and they were touring Fox's ranch facilities. Generalissimo Fox suggested they go for a ride and Bush freaked out. Yes, Bush was afraid of horses! Fox quickly changed the subject and they decided to go inside for talks. And, for the most part, the 'cowboy myth', and the real history sometimes, stresses individualism, anti-corporatism (think range wars with Eastern-bank backed large ranching firms fencing lands and stealing water), the opportunity to change ones' life and start over, the symbology of a 'new start' free of class divisions in Europe, freedom, importance of helping others (think wagontrains, co-ops, etc.). All cultures have myths and heroes and they are necessary to help transmit values and learn moral lessons. Read some Joseph Campbell on the subject.

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Ahem. Bush doesn't know how to ride a horse, which is odd given his affinity for things Texan.

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The Cowboy we worship in America never existed. He is a fictional creature not at all to be confused with the cowboys who did hard work driving cows. But the Cowboy is a God-substitute, a creation divinely inspired with the knowledge of what was Right. Remember, the Cowboy in all the stories we used to love, was the ONLY one who knew the Right way to go, the one who held steadfast and who was always right in the end. Right because He was fictional. bush is neither.

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Let us not forget the Psych 101 aspect of this dismal scenario: Sad little bush hoping those who see the pictures of big, strong cowboys will cast him in that light as well.

It's the behavior of someone at the height of insecurity and self-doubt, which, of course, is what you really want in a leader with control over the most powerful military force in history.

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morning in America for Reagan but it is definitely one minute to midnight on the doomsday clock under Bush.
The cowboy persona for Bush is the Texas strut to make him a big man in his own eyes and hide his deep inferiority complex.

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It would seem that he is the perfect front man for the Corporate America, as was Saint Ronald Regan. The actors make perfect politians, they can lie to you with a straight face. After all, they are professional. Repugwicans are only interested in feathering their own nests, at the expense of everyone else.

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Why would any President order prisoner sodomy and torture video-taped? Such behavior defies common sense. I am a Texan from birth. No one in my family or anyone that I know advocates torture. Our police and sheriffs, in the main, do not believe that it is not acceptable to sodomize total strangers to obtain evidence.

From my personal knowledge of cowboys, they are not particularly into sodomizing suspected rustlers or cattle. No, the interest in torture and rapacious mind-bending sexual abuse is neither an artifact of Texan or cowboy culture. In Bushs case, these are personal predlictions. He likes inflicting pain on others. It symbolizes power to him. It makes him feel manly.

For years, in Texas, there were rumors and even a mainstream press article (Dallas Morning News) about Dubyas bisexuality. However, his fondness for litigation and the untimely demise of those who have tried to bring the truth out...like Marge Shoendinger who tried to have him prosecuted for rape..has had a chilling effect on the reportorial ardor for the truth about the Bushes. There are many underground sites and news groups where these topics were and are discussed. And now...there is an ebook that Americans need to read.

The ebook is Lusftul Utterances and it is written by a Domina named Leola McConnell (just google those terms). It is about the perverse propensities of many members of the reich wing contingent of the Republican Party. But even more pointedly, it is about George W. Bush and his sado-masochistic drive. Just the first few pages exerpted on the McConnell site sent chills down my back. I realized that we have a non-elected Caligula in power with Beria as his wingman and a troll doll henchmen who delights in satisfying these heinous needs with litigation and briefs rationalizing illegality and inhumanity.

According to McConnell, these men are not just into torturing others, they are into killing them or destroying their lives. Why would somebody who actually gets off on blood ever want to end a war? Answer: he would not....not ever.

Lustful Utterances is a very frightening book that has little to do with prurient interest. It opens a window into the darkest of minds letting all of us know that if we do not remove this evil from our midst, it will consume everything that is good and innocent everywhere for its own pleasure.

If you compare what you read in Lustful Utterances with the arrest, indictment and convictions listed on the armchairsubversive.org site, a very scary picture of power in this country emerges.

It is time for the citizenry to deputize those military leaders who resigned in disgust and have them arrest these monsters.

Bush et. al can be indicted and impeached at the same time and they should be. No Presidential library, no pension and their illegal, unethical and ill-gotten gains stripped. Their patrons and secret financiers should be punished, too.
Comprised of the almost the identical group that brought us the "Horrors of Hitler," they were not punished for those crimes. This time, they must be punished lest they grow emboldened and actually try to tag us like cattle. These men who enjoy costuming themselves as kings or cowpokes are less human than orangutans.

Let's airlift the oil company owners who coveted Iraq's oil and leave them in Fallujah to battle for it themselves. Let's banish the financiers to a desolate island with fish hooks and matches. It could be a pay per view. It might actually make enough to replace the monies stolen by these greedy snobs. Elite? What's elite about greed, cowardice and indifference to others? When I think of elite, I think of Ghandi or Mother Theresa or even Seabiscuit, but not this crowd.

MADAME KARNAK

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As a retired psychologist my comment about Bush's cowboy image and obvious demands he expects is "Yes Massa." OK Kemosabe!" I really believe the majority are so tired of this "decider" who believes he is ordained by God to do what he chooses to do.

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...if he could just learn to ride something...

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