January 5, 2009

Enough Bushes In There!

I've heard pundits say Dubya has been a terrible president, and it's too bad he couldn't have been as good as his dad, Bush 41.

CHECK PLEASE!

You won't find me gushing about the wonders of George Herbert Walker Bush. His main distinction is that he was the first President Bush who deserved to be impeached. He went on Fox "News" to say Dubya -- far and away the worst president in U.S. history -- was getting a bum rap. "There were some things he clearly deserved criticism for," he equivocated, " ...but you know, it's grossly unfair."

All together now, everyone: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Herbert Walker is proud of Sonny Boy because "he ran a clean operation." YIKES! I do NOT want to see what a dirty Bush operation looks like. And now Poppy wants to promote Jeb to Senator and then President at the first opportunity. The only problem with this fabulous idea is that "we've got enough Bushes in there." I heartily second that emotion.

Thinking about Junior's record-low approval rating, ensconced as we are just now in our last-minute Bush-bashing, brings to mind our video on the subject, "Free Falling." So here you go.

--Janice Leber, Chopped Liver Productions

The color palette for our web page redo was inspired by this photo.

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2009

After a year like 2008, we are in serious need of a fresh start.

But as difficult as the last year has been, it did cough up one moment that we will never forget, a moment like no other in history. The question folks as old as I ask each other is, "Where were you when JFK was shot?" But hey, fellow bleeding-heart baby boomers, we have lived to see another such pivotal event in our nation's and our world's history -- and this one is as magnificent as the JFK assassination was devastating.

"Where were you when Barack Obama won the election?"

I was upstairs, updating this web page with the TV on. They kept saying it was about to happen and I said no. I wasn't going to believe it. Until John McCain conceded, I wasn't allowing myself to go there.

Then it was 8 p.m. CNN gave the race to Obama. I dared to hope. I struggled to catch my breath. I staggered downstairs and picked up the phone and dialed my pal Helen. I have no idea what I said when she picked up the phone, but for the next two minutes she repeated: "Oh ... my ... God," then hung up.

The TV was announcing that John McCain was about to make a statement conceding the election. I went back to the computer and created a web graphic that sprang from my heart: "Welcome back, America! Thanks for doing the right thing. Love, Janice."

And I want to believe that, just as the horror of JFK's public murder put Americans into a sleepy state of shock, finally today America is waking up. From the rubble of our current desperate situation, we are going to rise up and do it right this time and we may finally, as Rodney King pleaded, all get along.

My glee at the dawn of this hopeful, challenging new era is tempered by the reality that I still have so very many Flash videos excoriating and belittling the dimwit who still is, let's face it, President of the United States of America. And while we have been reviewing Chopped Liver's Bush-bashing antics for some weeks now, we

still have only scratched the surface.

So in the interest of moving forward, Chopped Liver Productions will continue to wallow in our fervent loathing and distrust for the 43rd president. For New Year's, we're going back to the first time Bush threatened a veto -- but that's not going too far back, since he had an obedient Congress fulfilling his every whim for most of his presidency. But when the Democrats took control in 2006 and threatened to force some accountability into Bush's illegal war, he got all cranky and got out the veto pen. And Chopped Liver Productions created "The Veto Shuffle."

These are our previous Bush-bashing entries from Chopped Liver Productions:

- Using My Religion
- A horrifying look at an Oedipal conflict of global proportions (Father and Son)
- Recalling Bush's interim appointment to the United Nations (Bolton)
- A fond recollection of Bush's first pick for the Supreme Court (Miers)
- A look at where Dick Cheney's Hideaway prior to his inevitable arrest for treason
- Remembering Bush's uncaring non-response to Hurricane Katrina (You Do Have To Live Like a Refugee)
- A salute to the Bush Administration's incompetence and croneyism (Abramoff, Foley and Tom)
- Scooter Libby's letter to Judith Miller, set to sappy music (Love, Scooter)
- Remembering Bush's "Energy Plan" (Bush Has A Plan)
- A tribute to George W. Bush's lasting environmental legacy (Our Waste, From Us To You)