GWB's epitaph has already been written (by Rudyard Kipling):

Jackpine Radical

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Sun Oct-14-07 11:13 AM
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GWB's epitaph has already been written (by Rudyard Kipling):

A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig; I dared not rob;
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

{Cheney: George, do you like Kipling?
George: "I got no idea. I've never kippled."}

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hisownpetard

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Sun Oct-14-07 11:35 AM
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1. I wonder if Bush will have his name redacted posthumously from his tombstone? nt

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havocmom

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Sun Oct-14-07 11:49 AM
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2. K & R

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zabet

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Sun Oct-14-07 12:09 PM
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3. ....

Edited on Sun Oct-14-07 12:10 PM by citizen_jane

A FAKE STATESMAN

I told a big lie; started a fake war;
I wanted revenge, oil and more.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
Ain't nuthin about it you can do.
What legacy will I leave here
'Cept lies, cocaine and drinking beer.

:P

edit spell

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Jackpine Radical

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:15 PM
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6. You, I see, know

how to kipple.

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niyad

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Sun Oct-14-07 12:32 PM
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4. k & r

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malaise

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Sun Oct-14-07 12:38 PM
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5. Perfect although

he robbed a plethora of people. He stole hope, life and treasure.

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wuushew

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:19 PM
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7. Kipling was a misogynist and imperialist

n/t

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Jackpine Radical

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:43 PM
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9. Sure.

Doesn't make him wrong about Bush, though.

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knitter4democracy

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:47 PM
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12. Some of his works are compelling, though.

And that poem sure rings true on Bush and others like him.

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Coexist

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:22 PM
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8. and maybe Shelley:

Ozymandius
by: Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings,
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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knitter4democracy

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:47 PM
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11. I often think of that one, too. nt

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Malikshah

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:52 PM
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13. Great choice-- it does come to mind-- but...if you'll indulge me

*This version of Ozymandias* invariably comes to mind soon after....

Humor for a Sunday Afternoon

A poetry Reading (the second one in particular--the third one is obscene)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sDYmnk07i8

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Coexist

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:01 PM
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14. !!!

that was wonderful to see again. One of the best Monty Python episodes.

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LeftishBrit

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Sun Oct-14-07 02:46 PM
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10. Exactly!

Or perhaps Hilaire Belloc's "On the Politician Himself"

Here, richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician's corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged,
I wept, for I had longed to see him hanged.

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Jackpine Radical

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Sun Oct-14-07 04:59 PM
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15. Beautiful.

I weep with Belloc.

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