Bush Bombs at the United Nations-No One Clapped-Not Even Our Allies (Larry Johnson)

[kpete]

Bush Bombs at the United Nations
By Larry Johnson on Sep 25, 2007 in Current Affairs

.......... today’s performance in New York set a new low even for the Bush Administration. Except for tepid applause when Bush was introduced and when he left the podium, no one clapped. Not even our allies. The world has caught on to the George Bush propaganda game and declines to show him a modicum of respect.

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America’s moral authority is gone. Our credibility in talking about foreign threats and the need to respect human rights is zippo. What is truly appalling about this development is that we have aligned ourselves in practice with those very regimes we so vigorously condemn. In the past, authoritarian regimes like the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, would justify their right to detain people without worrying about due process because they defined those individuals as terrorists who threatened the state and the security of their people. From their standpoint, all was fair when it came to protecting the nation. Security of the people was paramount, and human rights and civil liberties be damned in the face of perceived threats.

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So the world sat largely silently listening to a crazed little man rant about the abuses in the rest of the world. But his condemnation of the war in Sudan and the creation of refugees in Darfur could not blot out the reality of his war in Iraq and the millions who have fled that hell hole.

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The rest of the world sees and understands our hypocrisy. Unfortunately, many Americans share the ignorance and vacuity of George Bush and do not realize how foolish and stupid we look on the world stage. Today’s performance by George Bush does nothing to win friends or influence enemies. It simply reinforces the notion that the United States is in the grips of a President who has fulfilled the prophecy of H.L. Mencken:

more at:
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/09/25/bush-bombs-at-the-united-nations/#more-879

[Trouser Trout]

1. OUCH, I'll bet Mr Petulant is Pissed Now ! n/t

[Whisp]

19. I'm sure his earpiece had a Stones concert raucous applause.

can't upset the little feller, now can we?

[dickbearton]

96. Impeach, convict and execute the little feller.

[Gonnuts]

38. Not to worry ...

bush doesn't care he bombed at the UN.

The only bomb(s) that matter now are the ones he and cheney are getting ready to drop on Iran.

You keep forgetting these madmen aren't done yet. Everything they do is legal and sanctioned by divine right. Nothing else matters, not history, reality nor sanity. Just whatever is floating around in bush and cheney's demented minds. The entire species of mankind's continued brief existence on this planet is in the hands of madmen.

Have a nice day.

[Cha]

46. You got that right!

One freakin' nutshell.

[gateley]

56. Nobody is forgetting these madmen aren't done yet. nt

[rabies1]

73. With the Iran threat looming, this behavior is something we need more of.

It IS good to finally see that others hate him as much as we do. I always feel like I'm living on another planet when I see people cheer for him. Sept. 29th is another DC march. At this point, it looks like the rest of the world wont blame our outrage. This gives me renewed strength.


By the way, welcome to DU Gonnuts!!!

[reggie the dog]

86. I bet

that he could really use a drink about now.

[daninthemoon]

2. And did any of our reps stay after he finished? I saw condi and some

others get up and leave. Awful damn rude, to say the least.

[MissWaverly]

15. Condi is mad since they refused to let her on Sunday Tv

and they won't print her op eds, waaaaaaah!

[lpbk2713]

48. .... and even the Pope told her to get lost.

You know you're lower than whale shit when the Pope tells you to fuck off. :rofl:

[MissWaverly]

94. I think the spin is wearing thin

Nobody believes their lies anymore, the crowd is restless and they know how the tricks are done,
time for the magic show to move on.

[chill_wind]

57. Broke her neck to get out of there. Never saw anybody trot so fast in high heels. n/t

[mod mom]

3. I heard some of the speech on NPR and couldn't believe his hypocrisy. Glad to hear

no one applauded-wish they turned their backs on him.

[Booster]

5. That's what I want to see happen every place he shows up.

[mod mom]

12. This DU posts says Cubans walked out on *. Guess they realize they are on his list

of countries to overthrow. Link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1903319

[Booster]

20. Well, good for them. Now if we can just get some Americans

with some balls to do the same thing, we could start a trend: Everytime he speaks people walk out.

[goclark]

40. Were those the empty blue seats of the right side?

It was a large grouping.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

37. Hypocrisy...yes!

...Especially when he was talking about (I’m paraphrasing here) regimes who don’t supply jobs that pay well enough to raise a family on. ...Sure, we could raise families on $7.50 an hour.

[Enthusiast]

64. Ah, but remember...........

Remember when Dubya did the Ohio State Commencement Address and hundreds of students turned their backs? They were escorted out if they didn't turn around. "Just a handfull of TROUBLE MAKERS," LMAO.

[rowire]

4. Bush Bombs

And you expected something else? Whether speaking or as Commander in Chief, Bush is always bombing.

[VP505]

14. Not only bombing

but likely "BOMBED" as well!

[Kurovski]

50. "Bombs away!"

[Octafish]

95. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!

No matter the photo, the little turd from Crawford always looks like he's filling his Depends.

[EVDebs]

27. GMTA ! My sentiments exactly.

He wasn't even incendiary in his bombing.

[Cobalt-60]

60. a stink bomb

I couldnt resist!

[LakeSamish706]

6. This looks good on him, he now must realize that the rest of the world...

is certainly not in lock step with his devious Administration and will never tolerate an unprovoked attack on another country.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Was it my imagination

or did Ricicle get up and go when he left the podium ? Would the shoe shops have opened by then ?

[AuntPatsy]

8. Believe it or not, as much as I detest what he has done, this saddens me, he represents us...

I miss being able to respect the leader of this country.

[damntexdem]

18. Whether or not we respect the leader of our country, ...

no one honest can respect Dubya.

He doesn't represent me. He's the tyrant of my country, not its or my leader.

[Stevepol]

25. He wasn't elected either time.

[BrklynLib at work]

90. He will NEVER be MY president....

[monktonman]

9. They hate the UN anyway.

I'm sure Ann the man and Sean Insanity are calling for bombs to dropped on New York.

[partylessinOhio]

10. How dare he speak of human rights when he denies it to his captives

in Gitmo and other hidden prisons!

Condoho sat in rapt attention and jumped up to leave when * ended like a good little woman.

Edit to add photo:

[Usrename]

11. Brilliant essay.

A moran adorning the Whitehouse. Exactly.

[Disturbed]

13. I would like to see people throw rotten tomatoes at the

Silver Spoon Sociopath.

[kestrel91316]

92. I'd be the first to lob one, if I didn't think it would get me shot.

[Annces]

16. The Mencken quote

” . . . all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre — the man who can most easily (and) adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum. The presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

So Perfect.

[Jacobin]

28. Every time I read that quote, I think old H.L. must be grinning

and shaking his head from wherever his spirit might be

[Manifestor_of_Light]

54. Hey, at least he got out of Baltimore!!!

Sort of like W.C. Fields' supposed epitaph: "Better here than Philadelphia".

[navarth]

85. Actually, I think ol' Bill said

'on the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia'

but I could be wrong.

[reggie the dog]

87. I would

argue that more plain folk do not bother to vote than vote republican.

[Parche]

17. The ONLY time when Bush bombs it is good

:bounce: :bounce: :hi:

[DFW]

21. His fault entirely

Next time, he should try delivering his speech in English.

[polmaven]

70. I heard the clip, so I know its true, but...

someone PLEASE tell me I was halucinating when I heard him talk about the Capital of North Korea....Pee-yong-young! .....PLEEEEEEASE confirm he did not say that!

[DFW]

72. Just be thankful

That at that moment the cameras didn't cut to the Koreans rolling their eyes and covering their ears.

[malaise]

22. When BBC ignores your speech

you've bombed.

[bdamomma]

32. definitely.

[DFW]

39. It's the fault of Bush's staff

You are supposed to provide the press with an English translation
of the speech being given if it is being given in another language,
and they didn't, and Bushese is about as intelligible as Manx.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. It's hard to believe that the Media and Democrats still fear this guy as though he is credible......

instead of laughing in his face everytime he throws one his public "tantrums" demanding what he wants. The rest of the world apparently has a better sense of him than (most of) us seem to. :freak:

[Disturbed]

24. Most of the 107 K on DU loath this Silver Spoon Socipath.

He was a source of amusing derision for a few years but now there is outright hatred of the vile, arrogant, murderous pretender to a throne.

[Cha]

49. Right...our dems cower while

the world has nothing but Disdain.

[pretzel4gore]

97. i don't think they do...

i think they are afraid of 'truth' getting out, and the media dwelling on it. Basically, we're broke, our political system no long pays att'n to the majority- the fixers have so jammed up the works that its frozen....the dems are going along with the busheviks not because they think the busheviks have the wherewithal to nazify the country (if the dems thought that, they impeach bush tomorrow) but because the busheviks can reveal enough 'truth' to trigger something akin to overwhelming rage among the population, and chaos will result. In 6 months, literally, people could be dying by the tens of thousands here in north america- the dems are terrified of chaos, and maintaining order is their only sacred issue. If removing bush could be done w/out chancing the escape of 'truth' into public domain, even the repukes would go along, but...them murdering bush regime criminals are scared, and trapped like rats in a corner, so the democrats are telling them 'cool it, no one ever gonna try to punish you guys-guaranteed!'
Something like that anyway.
I think that 911 was so in-your-face staged by the rogue MIC/gopigs that they burned the bridges for entire country, and the dems are (they think in the public interest) saying 'it all forgotten' which explains why the democrats are condemning the moveon.org betrayus ad etc. They're proving to the gopig heavies that the gopigs can relax, though most democratic party supporters find that too hard a pill to swallow. The 'attack' on iran is a desperate trick the busheviks could actually try, martial law and all the rest. BUT the country probably would not stand for it...It'll be interesting to see what happens. Personally, i think we should hang 1/2 million gopigs/mediawhores within the next 6 months/year, but hey, i'm just a level three :)

[mod mom]

26. Has anyone seen video of this?

[EFerrari]

91. I did, just to see, and he did get a perfunctory hand. n/t

[shellinaya]

98. He got some applause, but it was the bored kind

I watched it, it was boring as hell, and he sounded like he was bored too. He did get applause but it was the polite kind.

[Redstone]

29. He gave another raving, incomprehensible speech? Hoo-yah. I can't wait to see

the video. Slumped over the lectern, mispronouncing everything, and belching out that inexplicable chuckle of his in every sentence...Yes, the video of that will be hilarious to watch, until I remember how pathetic it is that this is the president of what used to be MY country.

Redstone

[Lugnut]

30. He got the reaction he earned

I hope Little Lord Pissypants had steam coming out of his ears.

[madrchsod]

31. silence is golden....

that nut ball from iran provoked more passion than the little dictator....

WHY IN THE FUCKING HELL ARE THE DEMOCRATS AFRAID OF HIM ????

[bdamomma]

33. well that's all folks, we are isolated from the rest of the world

because of this little stupid man.

[XOKCowboy]

34. Look at this speech... Bill Clinton didn't even use 4x5 index cards

Now doesn't he look like a second grader dreading to read his book report? Here's what's inside the book.



Has anyone seen Bill Clinton (or any other real statesman) speak? They don't need no stinkin' notebooks with 8 lines of 50 point phonetically spelled out text! He's an embarrassment to the once proud United States.

Many thanks to Stephanie for the pictures in this thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1900691

[reggie the dog]

88. come on now

having notes for a political discourse is nothing new. Telepropmter, note cards, whatever. Perhaps its 50 point as you say because he does not want to use reading glasses. There are plenty of things he actually does that are condemable but this is just knitpicking..

[whistle]

35. What happens when a delusional paranoid psychotic sociopath gets ignored

...by the world, when that sick shrub has the nuclear button at his disposal? :hide: :yoiks:

Answer:
"Psychosis" is a very serious condition. This term covers a group of illnesses which affect the brain so severely that the person is no longer able to tell what is real or not. Having a "delusional psychosis" means that a person develops very strange, irrational beliefs — at odds with reality and which that person can't accept any arguments against.

Another example of a psychotic illness is schizophrenia, in which the person not only has delusions but may also hallucinate and experience extreme difficulty in organizing their thoughts. Thankfully it is treatable, but the longer someone goes without treatment, the worse the outcome is likely to be.

While successful treatment includes psychological and community support, anti-psychotic medication really is essential to reduce symptoms and the likelihood of further episodes recurring. Unfortunately, being medicated to the degree that one feels like a "zombie" is not pleasant, but may be necessary to control that person's unpredictable and possibly dangerous behavior.

[Joe Bacon]

36. it will take generations to undo the damage this ass has done

What President Asshole has done to the United States is beyond contempt

[307 MMS]

80. Legs

Yes......and sadly, this "turd with legs" will get to walk away, then fly away to Paraguay when and if an attempt to prosecute materializes.
How Congress...any Congress, has let this train wreck unfold boggles the mind.

[NYC Liberal]

41. VIDEO HERE:::

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070925-4.html

[Patsy Stone]

42. As always

Larry cuts through the appearances of this president and aims directly at the paper tiger's maniacal hypocrisy.

[Rex]

43. Good.

Answer his bullshit with nothing.

[babylonsister]

44. Has anyone disputed this?nt

[jumptheshadow]

68. I'm glad you asked this question

I saw a disgustingly hypocritical, condescending, and at times, sarcastic speech but there was tepid and polite applause afterwards.

[Cha]

45. Yeah, what we always saw..and

now bush can't hide it from any parts of the world except fauxnoise dipsticks.

I can see rove and the gang now..getting his speech all written up to Distract from his genocide like nobody at the UN has a brain with a memory bank.

[and-justice-for-all]

47. shrub deserves no respect what so ever....

The only thing they deserve is a right hook!

[The Wizard]

79. I prefer a very large

vaudeville hook to yank all of them off the world stage, a clean sweep by the rest of the world as we no longer have free and fair elections to remove unwanted tyrants.

[napi21]

51. I don't think he or anyone in his admin. cares. They don't want

anything to do with the UN, and Shrub didn't really GAS what he said today.

[provis99]

52. Given Bush's mindset

He probably thought no one clapped because they were too busy being in awe at his greatness.

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. And that my friends is the sound of an empire dying

[Swamp Rat]

55. k&r

[Divine Discontent]

58. the rest of the world sees through the B*sh administration's hypocrisy. thanks n/t

[Dukkha]

59. You mean no one signed the loyalty oath?

why do thy hate America? Don't they know were at war with duh terrist? C'mon! 911 changed everything!

[Warren DeMontague]

61. He shoulda done "The Macarena", while he was at it.

It would have been perfect. Just like him; Dated, tired, old, dumb, hackneyed, painful to watch, and simply not funny.

[piesRsquare]

62. Watching the video now...

...seen/heard about two minutes so far and I'm suprised the entire assembly hasn't walked out...

:puke:

[piesRsquare]

63. Just finished watching the video

and there was applause. The delegation from Cuba did walk out when he started talking about Cuba.

:shrug:

[emmadoggy]

76. But was there applause ....

interspersed during his speech or was it just the bit at the end? I believe the OP states that there was some tepid applause at the beginning and end, but none during the speech which was what made it unusual.

I haven't watched it (watching him is like nails on a chalkboard for me) - so I'm really just asking. :shrug:

[bos1]

65. "When innocent people are trapped in a life of murder and fear"

like the hell he's created in Iraq.

[Ganja Ninja]

66. The world is waiting for George W Bush to go.

They know he's only got a few months and they're done with him. They're already busy planning the departure celebrations.

[Broadslidin]

67. Our Leader is experiencing Reactive Psychoses within his Narcissistic Personality

Tis that simple.

[liberal N proud]

69. Allies, Does the US truly have any allies left?

bu$h has pushed the US into isolation from the rest of the world with his foreign policy of you have been warned we will bomb mentality.

[MarkP]

71. It's sad that "our" country is losing so much respect in the world because of this MORON...

And I particularly didn't care for DUMBASS referring to the USA as "MY" country...notice in my subject line I referred to the USA as "OUR" country. I wish more people in the USA would realize what a disservice this egotistical maniac is doing to us throughout the world.

[Maq]

74. world has caught on to the George Bush propaganda

.......... today’s performance in New York set a new low even for the Bush Administration. Except for tepid applause when Bush was introduced and when he left the podium, no one clapped. Not even our allies. The game and declines to show him a modicum of respect.
EXCERPT from: kpete (1000+ posts), Tue Sep-25-07 04:07 PM
Original message: Bush Bombs at the United Nations-No One Clapped-Not Even Our Allies (Larry Johnson

[NoFederales]

77. Those are some Holy Shit! pics, Maq. nt

NoFederales

[BlueJac]

75. You ain't seen nothing yet!

This madman is far from finished. Holy Joe Lieberman will help Bush achieve his goals.

[Seabiscuit]

78. Little Lord Pissypants must think he needs a stiff drink and it will all go away.

[redqueen]

81. Now if only our Dems would stop acting as if he has ANY credibility at ALL.

Stand the fuck up already... tell the truth like Kucinich does.

[Danieljay]

82. THAT is what I'm waiting for, is for the Dems to grow a spine. A skunk of a man like Bush only has

the power that Congress continues to give him, Democrat OR Rethuglican.

[xxqqqzme]

83. I thought or read somewhere that it is

customary for no applause to follow speeches. I remember his previous speech - he paused waiting for approving applause and none could be heard.

[Seabiscuit]

84. Perhaps no applause has simply become a custom when Bush speaks.

The U.N. members attending his speeches must be used to gagging by now with both hands to their throats. Pretty hard to clap hands when you're stuck in that position.

[minnesota_liberal]

89. What he deserved was an audience exodus

I probably would've mooned him first.

[Perry Mason]

93. We have had this policy in our home for several years...

In our home we reached a Bush saturation point sometime after we realized the "official" 9/11 story was a hoax and we invaded Iraq.

We now have a very strictly adhered to policy: Bush is not to be seen or heard in our home...EVER. If his likeness is on the front of the newspaper, it is removed and discarded in the outdoor trash bin. If he is making a lie, er, speech on television, it is turned off. If he comes on the radio, it is turned off. If he merely pops up on a program not specifically about him, such as one story in the newscast, we will literally look the other way until he is finished.

This is done as a deliberate show of abject disrespect, but of course cannot even begin to atone for the abject disrespect he has shown and caused to be shown to our nation.