Pakistan censors poetic salute to Bush

A poem in a school textbook has been removed by embarrassed education officials in Pakistan after it was found that the first letters of each line spelt out "President George W Bush."

The 20-line anonymous poem, The Leader, lists the qualities of "a man who will do what he must" and bears a passing resemblance to Rudyard Kipling's If.

The acrostic is highly embarrassing for President Pervez Musharraf, who is already under fire at home for being allegedly pro-American and supporting the US war against terrorism.


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"Bracing for war, but praying for peace"

OMG

:puke:

good Lord, that was disgusting on so many levels

and terrible poetry. But they shouldn't take it out...I think it does a pretty good job of making fun of itself.
What drivel.

That's more like the poetry of suck-hole-amous.

I guess we know what she was busy doing instead of filling out her SCOTUS response.

:rofl:

nt

website is in English. :shrug: Learn something new every day.

http://nbf.org.pk/

"Using his power so evil"

...shooting star coming out of his ear :eyes:

have their next single. eom/

Alex Kumi
Monday December 5, 2005
The Guardian

At first sight it is little more than a poetic polemic about the virtues of an effective leader. But a poem has been removed from school textbooks in Pakistan after it became clear that the first letter of each line spelt out "President George W Bush".
Penned by an anonymous writer, The Leader embarrassed education officials in the country after it found its way into an English textbook for 16-year-olds.

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An official working with the Pakistan Education ministry told the Times of India: "We have decided to delete the poem from the book, published by the National Book Foundation, and prescribed for federal board students.

"It will be stretching the matter too far to assert that the poem was inserted in the book deliberately to enumerate the qualities of President Bush."

An investigation has been launched to find out how the work was not spotted by the committees which censor the content of textbooks. It was first printed in A Textbook of English last year after the Pakistani government took the decision to deregulate the publication of textbooks.>>>>snip

http://www.guardian.co.uk/pakistan/Story/0,2763,1657964,00.html?gusrc=rss
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The poem is in the link if you want to throw up
and it does spell it out quite obviously.

It's supposed to be about an "effective leader." Must just be a coincidence.

"patient and steady" -- sure, he's the one who stormed around the White House yelling "F**k Saddam"

"ready to accept every challenge" -- actually he's sitting there reading "The Pet Goat" or strumming a guitar, when Americans are in danger

"easy in manner" -- walked away from the podium in a huff when questioned, and tried to exit though a pair of locked doors

"strong in his faith" -- ignored his own church, the Methodists, when they came out against the death penalty and the Iraq War


.... and that's only the first 4 lines.

Bush finds himself with good company when it comes to two-bit hacks and third world dictators.

The leader

Patient and steady with all he must bear,

Ready to accept every challenge with care,

Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,

Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,

Isn't afraid to propose what is bold,

Doesn't conform to the usual mold,

Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do

Never back down when he sees what is true

Tells it all straight, and means it all too

Bracing for war, but praying for peace

Using his power so evil will cease:

So much a leader and worthy of trust,

Here stands a man who will do what he must

that poem originally appeared in Harriet Miers's diary.

Patient and steady with all he must bear,
Ready to accept every challenge with care,
Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,
Isn't afraid to propose what is bold,
Doesn't conform to the usual mold,
Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do
Never back down when he sees what is true
Tells it all straight, and means it all too
Bracing for war, but praying for peace
Using his power so evil will cease:
So much a leader and worthy of trust,
Here stands a man who will do what he must
----pt2--->
Looking for glory while pretzels he hurled
Instigating conflict throughout the world
Enriching Haliburton Kellog Brown and Root
Dissing the dead as they count all their loot

Mr. CIA.
I think we better check our textbooks here.

Come on this is just too obvious of a psy-ops subliminal plant either by the Pakistani intelligence or ours. This is used in most dictatorships repeatedly throughout history for indoctrination and socialization of the masses. It is never, just a coincidence, I have worked on curriculum here in the states and things don't just get thrown in.

Doesn't this sound like a typical BushBot's idea of a great Christmas gift for the freak monkey?

Also, isn't it her job now to improve BushCo's image abroad.

The Global Village Idiot

Got the job handed to him by hires of his dad,
Even "Tricky Dick" Nixon was never this bad.

Of a deer in the headlights there can be no doubt,
Rove's lips move behind him each time he speaks out.

God's own chosen leader -- yes, that's in his mind,
Even though it's the devil's path he'll always find.

War's his only option, 'til none's left alive.
Duped the nation for four years, but maybe not five?

Underwater his poll numbers are at this time,
May it be now the hour he'll pay for his crime!

Bad beyond measure, what he's done to this land,
Against all that's decent, he's taken a stand.

So, rise up against him, let's all prove our case,
Send the Chimp back to Crawford to a life of disgrace.

Here's mine:

Freedom's another word he's cheapened,
Universally, he's seen as gone off the deep end.
Cronies he's brought on board,
Katrina was what he couldn't afford.
How did he become President?
Everyone knows he's just the Resident.
And he's still got three years,
During which he'll cater to people's fears.

I guess the ISI is on the look for new extremists to join their ranks... By printing this in student textbook they'll be sure to light a fire up their ass.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4398377
We did a few last night. peace

I mean, I don't even live in the country in which it is published, and it still manages to irritate me.

why be surprised that they have their noses buried in each other's ass ?

The attempt to subliminally inculcate Strong, Leader, Resolve, Confident, Connected, Trust, Under Control, Pay the Price, Natural Law, etc. i.e. a stupefied reverence for authority and power based on a reversion to parent/child transactions, in another nation's youth is noteworthy too. We note that the most marginal of marginal dictatorships, e.g. Ceaucescu's Romania, relied on propping up leader figures as being the nation's (the people's) parents.

We recall the PNAC dictum that how vigorously you champion your position is much more important than its content, and that that notion is extended by the usual suspects to the circularity that it's not possible to attain power without being right (false premise), and that therefore being powerful implies being right. Ahh, they long for the days of wise kings don't they ? The feeling of surrender and submission as they surrender volition, rights and responsibility to a parental figure, it's so, so, why they must be on the brink of an orgasm all the time. We recall that manipulator and manipulatee are two monkeys on the same swing...

Viewed another way, they've indulged in yet another logical fallacy, namely: they've taken the initial claim "right makes might", which is really the implication "having right allows having might", interpreted 'makes' as 'conveys' instead of 'allows', and inverted the whole thing to "not having right implies not having might" (which we know is false, since if ( A implies B ) then it is false that ( not(A) implies not(B) ) - the inverse of a true implication is not true), i.e. it is possible to have might without having right. They then assert the ostensible fact that they have might, and attempt to evoke the conclusion in the listener that therefore they must have right. Ooops.