WHAT SHOULD THE BUSH ERA BE CALLED? ... Camelot? Morning In America?

[doh_phooey]

more at http://www.airfarceone.net/shankrila.html

:P

[Wetzelbill]

1. The Anti-Midas Era "Everything Bush Touched Turned To Shit"

:)

[fob]

56. Anti-Midas = Sadim (as in Dim Son)

[Radio_Lady]

143. "Lost Weak-end"

[doh_phooey]

149. Lennon's lost weekend was just a year.

Bush's whole life has been a lost weekend.

[Radio_Lady]

151. Well, I was referring to the Ray Milland movie, "Lost Weekend" --

but the allusion is what counts.

[doh_phooey]

161. I guess I had better see that movie

Do I feel dumb.

:)

[Radio_Lady]

164. You should. It is an amazing movie. Get it from a vintage movie store,

if you have one in your area.

Here's a link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037884/combined

The film won four Oscars, and quite a bunch of other nominations and awards.

By the way, although I remember John Lennon, of course, I don't know what your reference was to his "lost year". Did he drink? If so, I never knew that.

Peace -- and happy holidays. Celebrate carefully and wonderfully.

Radio_Lady

[doh_phooey]

168. thanks, I'll look for it

PS Lennon's Lost Weekend:

Separated from Yoko, in October 1973 John and May took off to Los Angeles to embark on what John called his 'Lost Weekend' - eighteen months of wild partying in the company of Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann and Harry Nilsson.

http://www.lennon.net/timeline/1970.shtml

[Radio_Lady]

169. Appreciate the information. I had a time like that after my ex-hubby

left me for another woman (1970-1971). Luckily, I'm probably the only one who remembers that period, since I'm (happily) not famous. Thanks again.

[doh_phooey]

172. Welcome

(Hope you found a nicer guy.)

:hug:

[ClintonTyree]

2. "Disaster" comes to mind......

although there are many more descriptive adjectives that would do just as well.
"Clusterfuck" also springs into my head but I don't see that as socially acceptable.

[kliljedahl]

7. That was my thought

Bushie the "Disaster pResident"

[lovuian]

102. Mabus Regime!!!

They are definitely evil!!!

[lonestarnot]

91. Depends on your realm of socialization! Fine by me!

[punpirate]

3. The New Dark Ages... n/t

[blm]

83. The Lord of the Flies Administration.

.

[DemonFighterLives]

94. I was thinking along the Dark Ages line

:yourock:
Darkness over America! dubby and his deddy poppy have cast a great pall over the nation.
Will someone cue up some funeral music.
:cry:

[libodem]

135. Something along the new dark age is what I have always thought

very-anti enlightenment, hateful about education, hateful about scientific research and theory, hateful about secular separation of church and state....they are just backward and ignorant and want to keep all of America in the dark, so to speak. Gawd, this gets me so worked up. I am so disdainful of this group of hacks.

[H2O Man]

4. Mourning in America. n/t

[Junkdrawer]

6. Mourning for America. n/t

[Seabiscuit]

62. Mourning Becomes America n/t

[doh_phooey]

89. "There's got to be a mourning after" n/t

[Seabiscuit]

120. 2,914 Nights Of The Living Dead

[cornermouse]

5. Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue?

[In Truth We Trust]

8. The age of FraWd and Fear. Or the newage corporate american dictatorship

[WePurrsevere]

9. OVER n/t

[whatever4]

10. The day the music died

The way the music died? The shrub that must have lied? Y2K was our divide? The Bush that made us cry? Insert misery here.

[Wetzelbill]

12. bye bye Miss American Pie

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. :)

[proReality]

11. The second coming of the Dark Ages. n/t

[ShrewdLiberal]

13. "The Era of Cronism & Corruption" pretty much sums it up for me.

[Hutchewon]

14. Descent in to Mordor

is what comes to my mind. The economic landscape is barren as
far as the eyes can see. The death rider (Cheney) is a foot. I
think Tolkien pretty much summed it up.

[newyawker99]

77. Hi Hutchewon!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. The Orwellian Age. eom

[WritingIsMyReligion]

26. Stole mine

Bah humbug to you

:P :P

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

133. Wrong holiday, Scrooge! lol! :)

[DanCa]

16. Death of the two party system.

I bet our founding fathers are rolling over in thier graves.

[tlsmith1963]

17. Hell

That's what I always call it.

Tammy

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Smirk-alot.

Spend-alot, Kill-alot, Lie-alot, Steal-alot, Vacation-alot, Whine-alot.

[mcscajun]

19. Bruno Gianelli from West Wing said it best, in "Manchester, Part I"

"Yes, it's Midnight in America."

[drduffy]

20. time of The Beast

[kanrok]

21. The End Times

[POAS]

22. The NAUGHT Decade

[C_U_L8R]

23. The Last Throes of ...

Conservatism,
Christian Fundamentalism,
and The Rupublican Party

What we are witnessing are the
final death spasms of an ideology
that has no place in the 21st century.
It's sad. It's ugly.
and it's scary.
But make no mistake,
if we are vigilant,
they wil be
no more.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

[depakid]

39. That one's already taken by Reagan

Historians will look back and point to Reagan as the turning point.

The end of the American enlightenment, so to speak.

Bush is just one of the Caligula's along the way.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

58. I bow to, and agree with, your analysis.

[RagAss]

115. Please don't insult Caligula....

[Selatius]

152. I think you're wrong. It's earlier than Reagan.

I think the real turning point was on Nov. 22, 1963, the day JFK was killed in front of his wife and his nation. The course of American history was changed forever.

[Buns_of_Fire]

25. The Morning After

...like a neverending hangover.

[EFerrari]

27. The Dark Teatime of The Soul

I miss you, Douglas Adams.

[converted_democrat]

28. Hell............n/t

[0007]

29. "The Lost Weekend"

[NicRic]

30. beginning of end of U.S. status of #1 super power !

With Jaapan set to become the #1 seller of auto's ,not only in the world ,even in our own country . With many of our allies no longer trusting our intelligence as accurate or truthful ,we will be weakened as our ability to persuade other countries to follow our lead ends ,and smaller democracy's form their own coalitions ,excluding us from process. Its so sad because when President Clinton was running things we where the model of economic sucess ,other countries looked up to ,now we are getting F's at all levels ,just as smirk did in his school days ,he is failing the test and bringing my country with him. Lets get this loser out now while we still have a reputation to salvage ,and perhaps with a intelligent leader replacing bush ,we can regain our #1 super power status , its not to late yet ,however each day we slip further and further away from the model of democracy that other countries look up to ! I personaly dont care about being #1 super power ,I care more about being #1 on human rights #1 on caring for the elderly and poor ,and #1 on being a truely compassionate country ,that quickly responds to those in need with food and medicial needs ,not weapons and bombs ! We need a leader who's priorities are not all screwed up ,like our current phony in office ,who does not have any plan for the future ,only a plan for the present of staying the course of this downward trend of our country .GET HIM OUT ASAP , this will be my Thankgiving wish ,freedom from the hold of this extreme right, White House that has highjacked our country and is raping it of all of its assets ,all the time telling us one lie after another ,wake up Americans B/4 its to late !

[Tim4319]

31. "This is your president on coke" era!

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

32. the rightwing will call it "the good old days"

[Divernan]

33. Spinalot?

nt

[EFerrari]

34. Perfect. n/t

[gulliver]

35. Potterville ... Mordredville ... The Civil Cold War n/t

[Hyernel]

36. A Brief Flirtation with Facism

-- Nazi's with Nuance
-- Constitutional Stress Test
-- American Crime Scene

Oops! The turkey dinged! Gotta stop now!

[yurbud]

107. something stronger than "flirtation" maybe "fascist rape of America"

[MindPilot]

37. FUBAR n/t

[TheGunslinger]

38. Fear and Loathing in D.C.

[Sinistrous]

40. The Age of Lies. n/t

[coeur_de_lion]

41. Apocalypse Now?

[patricia92243]

42. The Great Corruption era. Bush and friends is about to replace Grant as t

the most corrupt administration in US history. The Abrahamoff (sp) scandal is about to blow sky high and will include at least 65 congress members - and who knows who else.

[spanone]

43. The Shit Years.

I'm sure that 2100 families of slain soldiers and thousand upon thousand of amputees and mortally wounded will have another name for it.

[hippiegranny]

44. The Culture of Corruption

sums it up pretty well for me.

[Stephanie]

45. The Godfather, Part V - The Imbecilic Generation

Too much inbreeding.

[Mr.Green93]

46. It will be remembered as The Last Republican era

They are finished as a party in power. It will be Democratic from 06 on to forever.

[NNadir]

47. "The Decline and Fall"

[No Exit]

48. Twilight of the Republicans?

[Drum]

49. Richard III, Act 5 n/t

[ThatsMyBarack]

50. The 8-Year Vacation

:think:

[bikebloke]

51. The Horror

As the French call a period of their history The Terror. Though it may be the last chapter of history and the beginning of histories for new, smaller countries. That's if anything survives The Horror.

[yurbud]

108. except Cheney is Col. Kurtz, and Bush is monkey next to his throne

[SalmonChantedEvening]

52. Moscow on the Potomac.

Circa 1960 of course. :D

[coeur_de_lion]

156. Moscow on the Potomac -- gets my vote

[MUAD_DIB]

53. Much ado about nothing...

The Chapter 11 Presidency.


The AWOL Presidency.


How I squandered the country's future with a few easy lies.





The you can fool me once Presidency...

[HeeBGBz]

54. Shit Stain

First thought.

[coffeenap]

55. The Great Mistake

[bemildred]

57. "Mordor reborn". nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

59. Egads I Got It! HOWDY DOODY TIME

[iconoclastNYC]

60. THE TRIBULATION

Oh man would that piss of the fundies.

[deutsey]

61. The Fourth Reich?

[opihimoimoi]

63. The Cluster Fuck Years.....

WTF??? ...The damned president got the gear in reverse ....Again....?

[lse7581011]

174. Exactly My Reaction

I had to scroll down to see if anyone had already posted it!

[Patsy Stone]

64. The Eight Year Nightmare n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

65. Hell on Earth.

[earth mom]

66. I was just about to post that one! :) nt

[yankeedem]

67. Springtime for Hitler

nt

[doh_phooey]

100. speaking of Hitler

[sakabatou]

68. The Age of Corruption

[jmowreader]

69. Shit Creek

[Thirtieschild]

70. The Great American Nightmare

[all.of.me]

71. the disgraceful era

or the embarrassing era. america, the embarrassed.

skank-ri-la.

oh boy, this is a good one to ponder all day.

[malaise]

72. The era of

criminal negligence and genocide.

[burythehatchet]

73. The National Hemorrhoid nt

[Fozzledick]

74. The post-democratic period

After the fall of the republic.

[Gloria]

75. HELL'S KITCHEN

[Independent_Liberal]

76. I posted a topic like this not that long ago.

How do these sound?

Enron Era
Plamegate Era
Traitorgate Era
Treasongate Era
Deceptiongate Era

[Rex]

78. The Failure Era.

nt

[mrcheerful]

79. How about

the era where one man done more for america then Herbert Hoover?

[Wapsie B]

80. The Last Vestiges of republican Camelot

aka The Dark Ages for Amerika

[goodboy]

81. The Great Regression (nt)

[NoPasaran]

82. Dungeons & Dragons

[DavidDvorkin]

84. Shitpit

[im10ashus]

85. The Age of Fiction?

The Second Fall of the Roman Empire? The Inner Circle of Hell?

[drdtroit]

86. "The Day the Earth Stood Still"!

[_dynamicdems]

140. Big time!

Klaatu Verada Nicto

[doh_phooey]

184. "Destroy All Monsters"

Godzilla, Mothra, Rhodan, et al. wreaked havoc on earth. (Just like the Bush administration.)

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

87. Shamelot. Scamalot. "The End Times" n/t

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

88. The Cheney Era

[lonestarnot]

90. OMG This is fantastic! K & R . Toons in Turdland.

[BiggJawn]

92. Waking up hung over, in bed with your mom.

Could have said "the Era of 'I'll never do THAT again'...", but they DID!

[msu2ba]

93. The Age of Unenlightenment n/t

[B Calm]

95. "The Bush Economic Disaster"

[npincus]

96. Ascent of the Village Idiot

[WiseButAngrySara]

97. The Death of Democracy (Or The Black Death of Democracy) ...n/t

[La Coliniere]

98. The Great Unraveling

with thanks to Mr. Krugman.

[yurbud]

105. I second that one

[belle]

99. The Dork Ages

[lovuian]

101. Crappie Cabal

:argh:

[neebob]

103. Scamalot. nt

[karynnj]

104. Teresa had it right with "4 more years of Hell"

[dkofos]

106. The new Dark Ages

[DemoTex]

109. Used-Camel Lot

And Unka Dick is the used-camel salesman.


Would you buy a used camel from this man?

[LeftHander]

110. SPAMalot.....nt

[butterfly77]

Bushit in America

and the walls come tumbling down.

[butterfly77]

111. Bushit in America

and the walls come tumbling down.

[Batgirl]

112. Bush is the Half-mast President, who presided over

The Half-mast Era. This occurred to me several months ago when I realized I've never seen as many American flags at half mast as during the past 4 years, starting with 9/11. Not just for large scale events like Katrina either -- wherever I drive I'm bound to see at least one flag at half mast. The only explanation I can think of being that someone in the associated business or residence probably lost someone in Iraq. The flag at half mast is the ultimate symbol for Bush's reign.

[butterfly77]

113. The rise and fall of the Bushitters...

[Robert Cooper]

114. "Empire Strikes Back"

I can't believe no one else proposed this.

With evil Darth Cheney, and evil Darth Bush, both serving their evil overlord, Emperor Rove.

[alfredo]

116. Our shameful years. The lost years. Neo imperial years.

[Lisa]

117. The Time We Never Speak Of (in polite company, anyway) n/t

[Swamp Rat]

118. Here ya go:

:D

[Initech]

119. The Culture Of Death

[proud2BlibKansan]

121. The Inarticulate Era

or

The Age of Illiteracy

[Seabiscuit]

122. Mr. Chimp Comes To Washington

[Seabiscuit]

123. The Crawford Cronies

[Seabiscuit]

124. The Age of the Project for a New American Catastrophe

[methinks2]

125. It's the era of the dumbass

:patriot:

[Octafish]

126. The Fourth Reich

Smirkelgrueber's just the front man.

BTW, in that photo of Mt. Rushmore: In no way does that prunefaced turd Reagan belong there. He made it OK to be a racist and opened the door for the steaming heap of shit that is George Herbert Walker Bush and his psychotic monkey of a son, George, to occupy the Oval Office. They are traitors, all.

Lastly, if that's President Kennedy in the back: Yes, he belongs. He did all he could to keep America at peace, improve the lives of ALL Americans, and make the world a better place. Imagine how much better the world would be if he'd have had more than 1,000 days in office.

[Seabiscuit]

127. Good Night, America with Cathy and Regis

[Seabiscuit]

128. The Great Democrat Slumber Party

[lonestarnot]

129. Bushitalot

[Seabiscuit]

130. Camelost

[TheCentepedeShoes]

131. The Toilet Bowl

(Gotta get away from the football on the teevee). Or the Paddle -less Years, referring to the up-thread Shit Creek.

[stepnw1f]

132. The Great Forgetting

[SharonRB]

134. The Wonder Years, as in

I wonder how people were so stupid as to let this moran be in office. And I don't say elect him, because we all know he was never elected.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

136. LOL

Reminds me of what someone posted after the '04 election: Fifty-one percent of the Americans who voted looked into the abyss and asked "Wonder what's down there?"

[SharonRB]

137. Exactly!

[doh_phooey]

139. Yes, how in the world could anyone vote for this man

[meow2u3]

138. Scam-a-lot

That, and America in Mourning

[_dynamicdems]

141. How the Grinch Stole Our Country?

[_dynamicdems]

142. Eve of Destruction

Eve Of Destruction
By Barry McGuire, 1965

The eastern world it is explodin',
violence flarin', bullets loadin',
you're old enough to kill but not for votin',
you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be noone to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
and marches alone can't bring integration,
when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when your return, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.


The more things change....

[blarbushie]

144. Not Camelot. Not Shangri-La.

Camelot: A place or time of idealized beauty, peacefulness, and enlightenment.

Shangri-La: An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary

The Bush years have produced anything but Camelot or Shangri-La. The Bush years will go down as one of the worst, if not theeee worst, periods in America history.

[sweetheart]

145. Chapter 41 - Constitutional crisis and the end of empire

The period 2000-2008 is well remembered for the avoidable tragedy of the
collapse of the american empire. Keep in mind, that the empire was not
formall disassembled for another 25 years, but as historians, we're
interested in absorbing from this period how an empire can be destroyed,
when it could not be defeated by any external aggressor. Recall the
lessons of chapter 40, "Omens of empire collapse in the 1990's", where we study
unfettered neoliberalism that lead to the period of the bush depression,
the wars, and a multipolar world.

When the empire ended is debatable by some historians. A school holds
that the republic ended on the day the supreme court overruled the 2000
election and installed an incompetent autocrat, others say that the real
change occurred about 2003 when the US started using aggressive war and
torture as part of its society, and the global public opinion lash back
against american soft power that ended the voluntary cooperation that
held together post ww2 alliances.

[mopaul]

146. hilarious!--Bumalot?

[tiptoe]

147. Tribunals Era for Murderous American-Leader Traitors & Election Fraudsters

traitor

trai·tor
One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason.

Sabotage of Democracy

[Zambero]

148. Shamalot n/t

.

[SoCalDem]

150. Crappy Days..

Monday, Tuesday...Crappy Days

http://www.tvland.com/theme_songs/

[Hardrada]

153. Walpurgisnacht!

[maveric]

154. FUBAR n/t

[rfkrfk]

155. Camel Lot n/t

[Horse with no Name]

157. "The Morning After"

Seriously. Those are NEVER good.:silly:

[Justpat]

158. The End of the Enlightenment. n/t

[randr]

159. Bush League Nation

[Pharlo]

160. The Residential Years

[WLKjr]

162. The Dark Ages Part Duex

[zonmoy]

163. the day that the U.S. woke up and said

where are we, why is it so hot, why does the air smell like burning sulpher, and most importantly why are we in this handbasket.

[jazzjunkysue]

165. Etea Obone arfair ooff r further aback Aabove ththin ththe chnat

It's Chinese for "We Own Your Butt."

Honestly! I got it out of a chinese/english dictionary.
http://www.tigernt.com/cgi-bin/ecdict.cgi

[nemo137]

166. Bonzo goes to Baghdad. n/t

[stepnw1f]

167. The Great Binge (nt)

[Norquist Nemesis]

170. The Lower Expectations of Dubya Disaster n/t

[Arkana]

171. Nuclear Winter in America

[doh_phooey]

173. Bush's place in history???

[blarbushie]

175. The Death Of Democracy

[ScooterKen]

176. Dude, Where's My Lawyer?

:D

[blarbushie]

177. Vietnam The Sequel

[VaYallaDawg]

178. The *&$@*&%^ flightsuit years.

[doh_phooey]

179. It's hard work being a F--CK UP!

[katamaran]

180. "Our Long National Nightmare"

"Our Long National Nightmare"

Inspired by Gerald Ford...one of the less repugnant Republicans...who said after Nixon resigned "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

[doh_phooey]

181. Bush is the GOP's third strike

[gauguin57]

182. The Cuckoo Bananas Era

That about sums it up.

Or the "Holy Rollers on Parade" Era. HoRos, for short.

[leanin_green]

183. Take the Money and Run. n/t

[Yollam]

185. "Wonderland"

Because I felt like I stepped through the looking glass when the SCOTUS handed Bush the presidency when votes had not yet been counted, and we've been stuck in bizarro world ever since.

The corporate media's slavish devotion to Bush only makes it that much more surreal every time I turn on the TV. It's like they are seeing a different administration than I am, one where the president is folksy, amicable and deeply religious.

Why is it that he just seems ignorant, mean and cynical to me?

[slampoet]

186. THE LONG GRIFT

..for all the America we will never get back

[guardian]

187. The Season of Schadenfreude

[tgnyc]

188. DaWn of the Dead

[hopeisaplace]

189. The Great Sheeple Herding

[doh_phooey]

190. Major Speech Years

Major Screw-Ups

Major Failure

[doh_phooey]

191. The Bad Apple Dumpling Gang

[oldlady]

192. Race to the Bottom

isn't that what it's called already?

[RepublicanElephant]

193. CRAPALOT...

King Dubya: (singing like Richard Harris)
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one long shitty moment
That was known as Crapalot!

[AntiFascist]

194. The Endarkenment nt

[AntiFascist]

195. Culture of Corruption Club....

with Boy George

:rofl:

[aaronbees]

196. The Unenlightenment ... eom

[doh_phooey]

197. The Un-Clinton Years, The Anti-Clinton Years

Eight Years Of Peace and Prosperity... REVERSED.