A Farewell Song for George Bush: "What You Doin' Standin' Around?"

This man on his own could fill a Top Ten list of good-bye music for our 43rd President, but the pertinence of this song's message makes it our 4th nomination:

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XR80U_DQwFE[/youtube]

See all the Farewell Song contest entrants

Iraq, Shoes, and Video Games (Again)

A correspondent from Ireland confirms the skill of the readers of Enduring America in manoeuvring between important international affairs and important video games.

This time, the shoe-throwing tribute to George Bush is "Sock and Awe". A copycat site offers the intriguing info that the Number 4 location for players is the United Arab Emirates, quite impressive given that country's small size. Number 2 is France, which is to be expected given its anti-American reputation.

But Number 1? The title of most anti-Bush Video Gamers goes to the United States.

The Bush Administration in a Word: Barneycam

Of all the blessings given to the world by the Bush Administration --- Afghanistan, Camp X-Ray, Torture, the handling of Katrina, the wishing away of climate change --- this may be the one that best sums up the legacy of Bush and Co. (Indeed, I understand the looped transmission of this video may be succeeding waterboarding as a favoured technique in Christmas Greetings to America's enemies/detainees/"unlawful combatants".)

President George, in one of his more lucid acting moments of recent times, tells Barney: "We're sprinting to the finish."

Not fast enough, son. Not fast enough.

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hY7A4gZ1GVY[/youtube]

A Red, White and Blue Christmas

During the course of some research this morning I came across this beauty- the Whitehouse.gov Christmas 2008 site. The theme is 'A Red, White and Blue Christmas', and while Enduring America has no problem with the colours red, white and blue (after all, it's the colour scheme of everyone's favourite US foreign policy and politics blog*), I mean, really. Santa. Dressed as Uncle Sam. Taking the Pledge of Allegiance. In his sleigh. In the Oval Office.





Visit the site and you'll also be treated to a nice picture of some American flags handily stored in, well, a drum:



And finally, eschewing more traditional options (like the word 'and'), George and Laura join their names using a pipe. Which is just weird:

May your holidays be filled with joy and happy memories.

George W. Bush | Laura Bush

I suppose though, with just 39 days left in the job, they can do pretty much what they want.

*For those of you nursing a mulled wine hangover I meant this blog.

One More Epitaph for the War on Terror

George W. Bush, 2 September 2006: "We're staying on the offense against the terrorists, fighting them overseas so we do not have to face them here at home."

Michael Gerson, 5 December 2008: "The attacks have come like the steady rhythm of a clock -- 171 dead in Mumbai. Tick. Fifty-two dead in the London bombings. Tock. One hundred ninety-one dead in the Madrid train attacks. Tick. Two hundred two in Bali..."

Fun fact: Michael Gerson was a speechwriter for George W. Bush, 2001-2005