Monday, August 21, 2006
Cave Bush
George Bush is in awe of the simple life.0 comments
The simple pleasures.
That's why he is so in love with the idea of a free and independent Osama bin Laden.
Because bin Laden lives in caves. Successfully.
Bush wants to live in caves, too. He aspires for us all to be troglodytes.
[Merriam-Webster: troglodyte, n., 1: a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves; 2: a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes]
He's just looking out for our welfare. And his future.
He has spent his entire political career reversing the hands of time,forcingguiding us back to an easier, simpler time.
When knuckles scraped the ground, and no one asked anything of the more-dominant of the species. Folks kinda like him.
You can trace his run at reversing a milliennium or two of human progress by simply looking at his record. It sort of pops out at you.
Here's his latest gambit: Eliminate All Air Travel.
Except, of course, for Shrub One.
Using bogus "terrorist" plots, he has set up a landscape of total madness as you get up into, and down from, the skies. And made it thorourghly harrowing to simply get in and out of the airport.
A musician friend sends this tale of woe along, but it's pretty similar to stories told by anyone who has flown in the last week.
At this rate, all airlines should probably go belly up within the next year or so. Trains, buses and highway travel would be targeted next and then, eventually we'll only wander as far as a team of oxen can carry us, the next county, perhaps. As the oxen are then killed off, we'll wind up travelling only as far as our two legs can take us.
Here's their tale, cautionary, as it may be. Be afraid; be very afraid:
I returned from my summer Italy tour on Tuesday, Aug. 15. I had postponed my Sat. Aug. 12 flight because the connection was in Heathrow and I knew they would take my instruments away. I had a long talk with American [Airlines] and they assured me that if I waited till 8/15 and connected in Brussels, I would be able to carry instruments aboard. Another conversation on Monday 8/14 with American, turned up other info: it was fine with them to carry instruments aboard, but it would be at the discretion of each individual airport and there could be problems.
From Milan to Brussels was fine. In Brussels I went through security check once, and then was sent to my gate. At the gate, there was a stricter security check where you had to put everything from your purse, backpack or fanny pack into a transparent plastic bag, and carry it aboard that way (after throwing away all liquids, gels and the lunch I had prepared) and check the purse which you can't receive until the end of the trip.
But worst of all, they confiscated the tenor sax, and no arguing would do any good. They had already seized someone's Stradivarius and there are countless stories like this, especially flying towards Britain, the U.S. or Israel. I begged them to add a 'fragile' sign to it, which they did. They gave me a little receipt for my tenor, and one for my checked fanny pack.
When I finally got through customs in NY and got out to the baggage area, there was my tenor sitting there in plain sight for anyone to walk away with, and no guard, no one to check the little receipt I had been given. And there was my purse etc. and my suitcase. They really don't give a ...about customers' belongings.
My tenor still played, my flute was wrapped carefully inside my suitcase so it was still playing too, and I guess I was just damn lucky that no one walked off with either one.
Obviously these conditions are unsatisfactory and we all need to know about this happening. Even though I have no solutions for now, I want to spread the word.
The world according to George Bush has just gotten a lot smaller. The airlines are toast. No one will fly, if that's the crap you put up with on EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT for time hereafter.
Because George Bush doesn't know how to be a president; Michael Chertoff certainly doesn't know how to be a Cabinet Secretary; the good folks at TSA can't work at even a piss-poor level; and the airlines are so fucked up, that on a good day, they stand in awe of the neanderthal work level of the feds.
There is no one in this conga line who hasn't fucked up royally while doing their jobs.
Bush is determined to take us back to pre-Christianity, sandal days, so that HE can play the Savior this time.
It's good to have ambition.
posted by Gotham 6:27 PM
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