George W.'s Magical Mystery Tour

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Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour.
Roll up WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED, roll up for the mystery tour.
Roll up SATISFACTION GUARANTEED, roll up for the mystery tour.
The magical mystery tour is hoping to take you away,
Hoping to take you away.


Who among us hasn't at one time or another marveled at the ability of a skilled magician to pull a rabbit out of an empty hat, saw a woman in half, or eat a dozen sponge rubber balls before our very eyes?

To the magician, we are all "marks," who are aware, on some level, that we are being duped by sleight of hand; yet, we applaud wildly each time we're duped, and we always leave wanting more.

Each and every time, we watch the magician closely, determined to figure out how the trick works.

And there's the rub.

The magician, he sparkles in satin and velvet,
You gaze at his splendour with eyes you've not used yet.
I tell you his name is Love, Love Love...


The magician's success depends entirely on capturing and maintaining the undivided attention of the mark: the sword swallower knows that all eyes are on his throat and the outstretched hand grasping the hilt, not on the sword, itself, which is designed to collapse, or on the hand strategically cupped over the magician's mouth.

Were the magician actually swallowing the sword, he wouldn't need to cup one hand over his mouth, would he?

The magician knows that, like Fox Mulder, we all want to believe.

We all want to believe that it's possible to swallow a sword or pull a rabbit out of a hat.

The ability of the magician to manipulate the mark's focus (and achieve that How did he do that? expression) is the real magic act.


Don't look over there!

Look over here!


Pay no attention to the 100,000+ deaths of Americans, Iraqis, and others in the last 18 months!

Don't ask how many have died because George W. was too stupid to secure thousands of tons of explosives in his rush to pull down a statue.

Look only at the Hail Mary TV image of the Boogey Man in the cave who will creepy crawl into your suburban American bedroom one night when you least expect him and slit your throat because he "hates your freedoms."

All eyes are on THE VIDEOTAPE today.

You think that wasn't planned by the Trick Master who supplies the magician with bigger and better ways to manipulate you, the mark?

The magician has 2 words for you:




The magical mystery tour is coming to take you away,
Coming to take you away.
The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away,
Dying to take you away, take you away.

"My, my", they sigh.


Sunny Goodge Street
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Magical Mystery Tour
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[MissMarple]

1. Bush supporters suffer from cognitive dissonance.

Like George, they disregard a fact based reality for one based on "instinct", "belief", and hearing God's voice in their heads. If they see George in a true light their world will implode.

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2. Yes - exactly - Look at my macig boogie man pop up

the most dischordant part is the problem that bin Laden is essentially quoting the golden rule "Treat us as you would like to be treated".

So now the "Christian Man" is turning us against Jesus's golden rule.