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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: [webartery] Bush in Buffalo (fwd)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:02:28 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:35:44 -0400 From: Martha L Deed <mldeed1@juno.com> Reply-To: webartery@yahoogroups.com To: webartery@yahoogroups.com Subject: [webartery] Bush in Buffalo President Bush was here today. Interesting angle: He sat on stage with four or five other (all) men, each of whom spoke extemporaneously, well-prepared, but without notes. Bush maintained a close relationship with a music stand which held his notes. Even so, he lost his place a few times. The mayor of Buffalo did not attend, citing "philosophical differences" involving sending jobs overseas, and afterwards some of the "uniforms," who attended to provide good photo background, commented to local TV reporters that they would like to receive the Homeland Security funds owed since 2002 to this part of the country. (Maybe they'd like some reimbursement for today's security costs, too.) Protesters outside the building where the show was held got more coverage on at least one major station than the President. Maybe it was because they had more to say: many of them were union members, mostly middle-aged, mostly men. They were allowed a place within earshot of the President. I especially liked Bush's imitation of Johnny Carson -- the right-hand chop that Carson used when enthusiastic applause cut too deeply into his monolog time. I was surprised -- tho' perhaps should not have been -- that huge images of the World Trade Center fires and the bombing of Baghdad were flashed at length on a giant screen. Behind the men on the stage: large photographs of grimy firemen and other uniformed personnel at Ground Zero -- a truly exploitive and even cynical co-option of tragedy in the furtherance of a political career. Bush stood before these terrible images and declared "We didn't know. . . " etc. It was a tough day for truthtelling. Thought some of you might like to know. Martha Deed Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webartery/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: webartery-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/