Friday, May 14, 2004

George W. Bush: Compassion

I have had a blog on Live Journal for about 2 years now. I like it, but I wanted to create something that I would have to take a bit more seriously than that. So I thought I'd start one here, in an attempt to keep it focused on fairly serious things, like getting Bush out of office politics, literature, and the like.

An op ed in yesterday's LA Times, NYU's Lawrence Weschler calls attention to a particular section of George Bush's website. It is a warm and fuzzy section, offering a heartwarming message and pictures of the Commander in Chief posing mainly with black people. It's very weird. Why? Because the heartwarming message is one of compassion. In fact, the section of the site is titled Compassion. Of all the hypocritical, self-aggrandizing PR stunts...

1 comment:

aGreatNotion said...

Monique: I'm glad I've found someone to enjoy my musings.

I also think it's hillarious, and certainly telling, when someone touts compassion but does not act compassionately. Maybe I'm somehow swayed by my interest in Buddishm, but to be compassionate you must act compassionately. Right action, right intention. Spewing principles is not compassion.