Originally posted by systemshock2
This remains a pretty powerful picture for me. I don't think there's any other picture in history that clearly illustrates the exact moment when a US presidency changes.
I think it's rather difficult to call that the 'exact moment when a US presidency changes' seeing as he was unable to respond for another 10 minutes or so. Also, he's been quoted as saying that he watched the plane hit the WTC before he even went into the classroom!
What Bush said in Orlando Florida on December 4, 2001:
"Actually I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works. And I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on, and I use to fly myself, and I said, "There's one terrible pilot." And I said, "It must have been a horrible accident." But I was whisked off there - I didn't have much time to think about it."
and at a town meeting in Ontario in January 2002:
"first of all, when we walked into the classroom, I had seen this plane fly into the first building. There was a TV set on. And you know, I thought it was pilot error and I was amazed that anybody could make such a terrible mistake. And something was wrong with the plane"
Anyway, an inspirational picture:
Originally posted by systemshock2
This remains a pretty powerful picture for me. I don't think there's any other picture in history that clearly illustrates the exact moment when a US presidency changes.
an excellent example. But, I don't think this was when the american presidency changed. Simply went on being more of the same, maybe. But no change. It does, however, illustrate how little the people and the presidency have in common.
I never could have done it
I'd be filled with too much rage
I'd extract a pint of blood
For each trapped in that cage
I'd tell it all to Oprah
Scream it night and day
"Those dirty bastards raped my soul,
There's gonna be some kind of hell to pay."
Mandela, bodhisattva
Revenge would be the fashion
You breathe in the pain of the world
And you breath out compassion
Who wouldn't be bitter
For all the whips you tasted
They came begging, "Bail us out"
I'd have spit in their faces
Where'd you find the grace
Refuse your tooth for a tooth
Finally got your freedom
Who could ever give you back your youth
So many presidents
Feed the corporation
You give half your salary
To the children of your nation
In this upside-down kingdom
The fat cat's foiled again
Again the so-called savage
Shames the so-called "civilized man"
(This is not my poem, by the way! Just found it, along with the pic...)
PS "Bodhisattva" is a Buddhist term for "compassionate being."