I saw the
Six Flags Over Jesus diary many hours ago, when it was first posted, and thought the diary was interesting and appropriately scary.
Then I saw THAT picture at the Bottom, of Bush being consoled by Washington and Lincoln. It was powerfully nauseating. I immediately turned off the computer, had some warm milk, tried to clear my mind of it, and went to bed.
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Clearly that picture is inappropriate (and I'm not just referring to the strange extra arm reaching out toward Lincoln's chest). I believe Lincoln has no surviving descendents, but Washington, given his reputation, surely must. Isn't there someone who can sue on his behalf to stop such obscene misappropriation of his image?
Alternatively, I suppose one could try to correct the image -- e.g., strive for a more realistic depiction of how Lincoln and Washington might regard Bush. But photoshopping-in streams of vomit would also be kind of inappropriate.
Unable to sleep, I finally hit on a possible solution. So, below, as a public service, I thought I would provide Megachurch artists with more realistic pairs of kindred spirits, or appreciative souls, who might more plausibly lend their sympathy or spectral energy to soothe our embattled leader (helpfully categorized):
Possible Global Kindred Spirits across History
* Caligula and Nero
* Tomas de Torquemada and King Edward I
* King George III and Oliver Cromwell
* Kaiser Wilhelm and Benito Mussolini
* Francisco Franco and Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
* Mobutu Sese-Seko and Robert Mugabe
Beneficiaries of Past Foreign Policy Blunders
* Osama bin Laden and Kim Jong Il
Beneficiaries of Current / Future Foreign Policy Blunders
* Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Possible American Kindred Spirits across History
* Benedict Arnold and Jefferson Davis
* William Thompson and Charles Ponzi
* Herbert Hoover and Calvin Coolidge
* Richard Nixon and Joseph McCarthy
Others (Pop Culture, Bible, etc.)
* Satan and Dick Cheney
* Darth Vader and Gilligan
Hopefully we can provide Megachurch artists with this more appropriate list to draw from, the next time President Bush strikes a messianic pose for them in front of his cross.