"In the world which is upside down, the true is a moment of the false."
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 tv production 101 as anyone paying even a modicum of attention over the past couple of weeks could ascertain, the situation in iraq has grown pretty fucking grim. with hundreds of iraqis killed and at least 90 dead GIs since march 31st, many americans who had previously been able to remain blissfully unaware of the dire nature of the tragedy unfolding in bushopatamia, have had the awful reality of this colossal fuck up in the making shoved right in their faces. they've got questions, concerns. the support for both the war and the (p)resident has taken a beating over the past 14 days as mr. bush has been hiding out in crawford playing cowboy. why isn't the (p)resident in the white house? who are we handing the ball off to on june 30? do we need more troops on the ground? should we declare victory and leave? are we gonna be there forever? what is the freakin' plan? finally, after calls from even those in his own party, karl decided to attempt to staunch the bleeding a bit with a primetime (bush's 3rd since assuming office) press conference. finally, shrub would come before the american people and their press. all would be made known. the stakes for both the administration and the nation couldn't be higher. this could be the defining moment of the bush era. the networks pre-empted their primetime schedules. presses were stopped. the world tuned in. and they saw this: 
pardon me , but what the fuck is that? this is supposedly the most powerful man in the world. (personally, i think that distinction belongs to the vortex of evil known as 'dick cheney') he is alleged to have many competent folks on his staff who are assumed to be somewhat media savvy. it's not like he hasn't appeared on television before. yet they let him walk out to address and field questions on international TV with a tie that was literally exploding with all the colors of the strobin' rainbow. any high school kid who has spent more than a week in a video production class could have spotted a problem at first sight. when he first walked towards the podium and i noticed the tie beginning to go all acid test, i was flabbergasted. we are obviously not dealing with the seemingly hyper competent media stormbots that were so efficient, that at one point, lacking any evidence whatsoever and without ever explicitly saying so, had 7 out of ten americans believing that saddam was somehow behind 9/11. these assholes are finally off their game and this simple oversight illustrates their confusion in glorious technicolor. i know that there are far more serious complaints to lodge regarding shrub's 'presser'. many much more eloquent polemicists are doing just that. take a gander here, here and here. but, video is what i do. i have had people change their clothes many, many times before i put them on camera. and i'm just a schmo in brooklyn. what the fuck were they thinking? UPDATE: wonkette is all over it as well. apples in stereo: "the rainbow" "..so when you look at me i wonder who you see and who i am to you.." posted by downtown | 1:48 PM |
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Cost of the War in Iraq
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