Marble Composition

Plumb The Depths

I happen across some of the Right wing blogs, and I saw an item decrying how biased AP photographers are, and how they only shoot the worst of everything. Lately it's been the worst of the Gaza relocations, but in the past it's been about how they always show the worst of the Iraq War.

There's a campaign out there trying to stop these images from reaching the public. Imagine that. Why in the world?

Why would anyone sit behind a keyboard and demand that professional photographers stop taking pictures? The only plausible answer I can think of is they have no interest in seeing what the world really looks like. For them, it's an ugliness that doesn't really exist. But the lens never lies, it only captures.

This is the undercurrent that permeates the Right: The War in Iraq will always turn out alright. There's no bad outcome to be seen. Throw Dear Leader into the mix, and it's not even mentionable in good company.

This is the groundwork for their entire caste. The biggest problem is their whole worldview is resting upon one man and a slew of lies. So you either get off the ship to nowhere, or you're only argument, through and through til the end, is to support him like a God. The trouble is, once his lies come due, you're left holding the bag, because he sure won't.

The longer you stick with his bullshit, the farther you're own fall becomes. But no matter to many on the right, this cliff is worth going over. It really boggles the mind.

The next step in this weird transcendence is to lash out, and I mean guns blazing. So, along comes this type of statement: " the savages have declared war, and it's far preferable to fight them in the streets of Baghdad than in the streets of New York (where the residents would immediately surrender)." If she means all the residents, that would include many members of the NYPD and FDNY (thanks Ann). A friend of mine pointed out the other day that everyone knows she's a kook, but then I wondered, why do her books reach the top of the New York Times Bestseller List?

I'm not sure what happens after lashing out. Cranial Implosion? Monk-like silence? If I had to parlay it, I'd go with lots more bile and hatred. I mean really, why not keep it simple?

Oh, and another thing about those AP shutterbugs. They're in the middle of the shitstorm over in Iraq. They're covering a war that people like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter actively cheered for, and not only that, told people who opposed it they were pussies and anti-American. Now, when the pictures come back showing that things aren't all pennywhistles and bubblegum, they're to be banned. Ann and Michelle should be forced to look at the blood and violence. Come on ladies, isn't this what you wanted? You excrete on people for saying things went wrong. Not that either of them would know, but wars are prehaps the truest form of ugly. They break people in innumerable ways. War creates physical, emotional, and spiritual wreckage. Don't take my word for it, ask Chris Hedges for Christ's sake.

I don't like to talk about personal issues here, but my Uncle died because of the injuries he suffered in Vietnam. The one thing I'm sure of is that if he lived and rose to become a U.S Senator, as Chuck Hagel and John Kerry have, Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter would choose to urinate on his legacy rather than honor it. For me, that makes them both the most despicable form of trash on the planet.

Sorry for the rambling, and getting a bit pissy, but Fuck You Michelle, and Fuck You too Ann. And a big Friday Night Fuck You to all you Media Whores! (that means you too, Peggy I'm-a-Priest-Philator-Too Noonan)

posted by FuzzFinger @ 8/26/2005 11:57:00 PM