History Breeds Futility
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Fear is the foundation of most governments.
-John Adams
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| Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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| ADHD |
THE CENTER FOR ORGANIZED DECEPTION
It's time for our favorite activity -- Armchair Psychologizing.
Break out those DSM-IVs, boys, it's time to speculate on a person's mental state without performing a battery of standardized cognitive tests!
**Hangs stethoscope around neck**
Veddy interesting.
1. Narcissism. Patient has set himself up in a fantasy world where he is a great hero fighting the War on Terror, saving the common people from unspeakable horrors. No tactic is too horrible for him to use in this fight -- pre-emptive war, torture and constant lawbreaking. He has a wicked vigilante streak and can be spitefully vindictive.
2. Avoidance. Patient fears press conferences because he might be asked difficult questions. He sets up phony town meetings so that he won't have to face criticism. He doesn't read newspapers. He refuses to deal with the international community. Most striking was his ignorance during the hurricane Katrina disaster, both before and after the storm.
3. Dependency. Patient cannot make decisions on his own -- listens to a select few and ignores all others, especially those that don't support his prejudices. He shifts responsibility for mistakes done under his leadership. He continually campaigns in order to seek out whatever meager support still exists for his Presidency. The early days of his Iraq campaign were validating, but now that popular opinion has shifted he seeks war with Iran in order to recapture the same feeling of support.
Diagnosis: George Bush is suffering from several mental disorders.
We would suggest that all of these taken together, along with certain other peculiarities of the President, seem to paint a picture of a man playing the role of a child-king. There are times when Bush comes off as a megalomaniacal comicbook fanboy. Given all sorts of toys to play with (Real live army men! All sorts of cool NSA spy gear! CIA cloak and dagger agents!), he plans grandiose schemes to save the world.
And when he fails miserably? He either ignores the fact (Iraq) or runs away from it (Katrina). He has never stood up as an adult, pointed to his chest and said, "I take full responsibility for failure and will ask for help to prevent the same mistakes in the future." Instead he's like Billy from the Family Circus. He runs around messing things up and when asked about who did the damage says, "Not me."
Due to patient's obvious dysfunction and history of drug abuse, we recommend electroshock therapy. Treatment to be administered in Dick Cheney's basement.
-THE MANAGEMENT
For your further consideration.
Deacon @
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