b buh duh beep, b buh duh beep...that's all folks.
baba durag, free range de-rang | 11.15.07 - 2:28 am | #

I think even Michelle Malkin could understand this concept. If you ever expand on this concept, don't forget the pics of the Decider Guy holding that blown out umbrella or trying to open the door in Beijing.

A 100 years from now, this post will be all that's needed for the lay person to understand America during the "Bush years".
Innocent Bystander | 11.15.07 - 3:05 am | #

The NEW YORK YANKEES are AMERICA? I beg to differ!
Incontinentia Buttocks | 11.15.07 - 4:05 am | #

It's spooky how much Bush resembles Ted Bundy in the 9th pic from the top. They could be twins.
Lesley | 11.15.07 - 4:06 am | #

Damn, Lesley, you're right!

Every time I see that picture, I think he reminds me of someone, but I've never been able to put my finger on who before.
Incontinentia Buttocks | 11.15.07 - 4:22 am | #

I trust that we won't have to have this talk again.

Once the primaries start rolling around, you might just want to keep this at the top of your blog. Not that it'll convince a single Kool-Aid connoisseur.
Randal Graves | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 7:51 am | #

This might make a good regular feature for your, now that you're not posting Eddie Izzard each week. How about a pic of the Pretend Cowboy "clearing brush" on his estate in Texas, and a picture of someone actually working for a living?
Von Zeppelin | 11.15.07 - 8:05 am | #

That would be ". . . feature for your blog, now that. . ." Always "preview" before you "publish," TBoggers.
Von Zeppelin | 11.15.07 - 8:06 am | #

Lesley, I've often observed that to my partner, who invariably responds that Bush may be as "charming" as Bundy, but probably not as smart.
D. Sidhe | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 8:42 am | #

"The NEW YORK YANKEES are AMERICA? I beg to differ!"


Not a Yanks fan either, but the guy with the 8 on his back was at the beaches of Normandy. So, Yogi gets a pass from me anyway.
maxbaer(not the original) | 11.15.07 - 8:51 am | #

George Bush is the one with the firecracker.

America is the frog.
Seingalt | 11.15.07 - 9:25 am | #

Even though I'm a diehard Red Sox fan, I can't object to the Yogi Berra-Don Larsen picture. Anybody who pitches a perfect game in the World Series is the shit.

And Yogi--who doesn't love him?

So don't think of that photo as the Yankees representing America. It's two Americans who were part of something grand who just happen to be wearing the wrong clothes.
Jude | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 9:41 am | #

Wow, just wow!

Tbogg/Orcinus '08!
rev.paperboy | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 10:57 am | #

Can I get this as a poster?

tbogg, you are the greatest.

aimai
aimai | 11.15.07 - 12:23 pm | #

I'm afraid this level of simple eloquence is far beyond them. For the rest of us, though: this is brilliant.
Tom Hilton | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 12:33 pm | #

Tom- just fucking brilliant (again). Next time dinner is on me.
Jo Fish | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 12:41 pm | #

thanks. Before that, I thought America looked more like a Russian gulag with its economy outsourced to Communist China, and I thought Bush looked more like the outline of Florida, big but limp.
Kevin Hayden | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 12:54 pm | #

Bush always manages to find the few hospitalized vets who won't punch him in the face while he exploits them in photo-ops.
Lesley | 11.15.07 - 1:05 pm | #

"I trust we won't have to have this talk again"
Sorry, but from what I'm seeing your brillant essay would have to be made into a posterboard and the 29 percenters would have to be beat over the head with it....daily. And even then they'll argue the merits of dear leader.
JBofMO | 11.15.07 - 1:22 pm | #

Marvelous. Definitely poster worthy. Have you considered Cafe Pressing it?
WereBear | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 1:23 pm | #

DUDE! I hate baseball analogies, but wow, right out of the park!
Jim Smith II | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 2:03 pm | #

Breathtaking eloquence, Tbogg. Thank you.
Emily | 11.15.07 - 2:25 pm | #

It's spooky how much Bush resembles Ted Bundy in the 9th pic from the top. They could be twins.
Lesley | 11.15.07 - 4:06 am | #

Spiritually, they could be twins as well...
tellybelly | 11.15.07 - 2:49 pm | #

Well done, sir. ::: bows :::
Penny | 11.15.07 - 3:35 pm | #

Oh, I am so blogrolling you!!
The Earth-Bound Misfit | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 4:30 pm | #

Fuckin'-A!


Pardon me, I'm genteel on every other day...
Heydave | 11.15.07 - 4:57 pm | #

Spiritually, they could be twins as well...
tellybelly | 11.15.07 - 2:49 pm


I think he's more like Jeffrey Dahmer. He and his fellow cannibals are eating America.
fupDuck | 11.15.07 - 6:57 pm | #

"I trust that we won't have to have this talk again."

If only.
badnews | 11.15.07 - 8:34 pm | #

So if George W. Bush=America, does that mean the Vietnam War didn't work out for us because America was too rich, lazy, privileged and drunk to show up for work?

Gee. Wonder how the guys who did go feel about that?
julia | Homepage | 11.15.07 - 9:32 pm | #

George Bush: No-bid contracts

America: Temp job



George Bush: Skull and Bones

America: Safeway Club Card


George Bush: Pioneers, Rangers, Super Rangers and Mavericks

America: Tax returns and food stamps
Mungen_Cakes | 11.15.07 - 10:19 pm | #

Nothing like doctoring photos to make a point. Good photoshop work...
itsasecret | 11.16.07 - 12:25 pm | #

Nothing like doctoring photos to make a point. Good photoshop work...

Dead thread? Perhaps. But still, WTF?
Smiling Mortician | 11.16.07 - 7:16 pm | #

Yeah, mo like this.
Bruce | 11.16.07 - 10:43 pm | #