"The Boy In The Bubble" (Dial-Up Warning)

[Hissyspit]

An old song recontextualized - on the occasion of the last State of the Union address from George W. Bush.

iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=257924704&id=257922588&s=143441
YouTube Original Paul Simon Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITFmpoeMxQ

It was a slow day...



And the sun was beating



Soldiers Silhouetted, Iraq




On the soldiers by the side of the road



Soldiers Patrolling at Arab Jabour Near Baghdad, Iraq




There was a bright light






A shattering of shop windows



Iraq Car Bomb Explosion Aftermath, July 19, 2006




The bomb in the baby carriage



Teacher Injured in School Suicide Bombing, Baquba, January 22, 2008




Was wired to the radio



IED Cell Phone Trigger, Iraq

These are days of miracle and wonder



Erwin Redl "Matrix II" LED Light Installation 2000




This is the long-distance call



Georgia Students Communicate via the Internet, January 24, 2008




The way the camera follows us in slo-mo



Jim Campbell "Fifth Avenue Cutaway," 2001




The way we look to us all



D.C. Protest and March, September 24, 2005




The way we look to a distant constellation,
that is dying in a corner of the sky



Digital Imagery of Dying Galaxy




These are days of miracle and wonder



Barack Obama and Child at a Biodiesel Station Campaign Stop, January 20, 2008




And don't cry



Funeral of U.S. Soldier




Baby, don't cry



Sadr City Boy who Lost Hand to Bomb Hidden in Trash Bag, January 2008




Don't cry



8-Year-Old Son, Christian, Accepting the Flag from the Coffin of Marine Marcus Golczynski Killed in Iraq, March 2007

It was a dry wind



1st Armored Division Black Hawk from 101st Airborne Division in Iraq's Al Jazeera Desert, March 22, 2006




And it swept across the desert



Women Drawing Water from Well, Sudan




And it curled into the circle of birth



Tiny birth, United States, October 2007




And the dead sand



Woman Collects Scattered Remains of Victims, Baiji, January 22, 2008




Falling on the children



Children in Darfur 2004 (Evelyn Hockstein CARE)




The mothers and the fathers



Mother and Father Crying at School Suicide Bombing, January 22, 2008




And the automatic earth



Graves of Recently Dead, Fallujah, 2004

These are days of miracle and wonder




Young Visitor to the Jellyfish Exhibition, Hong Kong




This is the long-distance call



Arctic Ice Imagery - NASA, September 2007




The way the camera follows us in slo-mo



Security Camera Image




The way we look to us all



Ashura, Istanbul, Turkey, January 19, 2008




The way we look to a distant constellation,
that is dying in a corner of the sky



Oil Spill from a Bombed-Out Power Plant, Beirut




These are days of miracle and wonder



Matlovich Gay Vietnam Veteran Tombstone, Congressional Cemetary, Washington, D.C.




And don't cry



Homeless Iraq Vet Speaks About Friend Killed in Combat, Dec. 4, 2007, Leeds, Mass.




Baby



Child Crying in Sudan 2004(Evelyn Hocksstein CARE)




Don't cry



Katrina Survivors




Don't cry



Iraqi Girl in her Mother's Arms as her Family is Checked by U.S. Marines, April 2006

It's a turn-around jump shot



Eric Alva, the First Soldier Injured in Iraq, Who Later Announced that He is Gay




It's everybody jump start



Breach in Gaza/Egypt Border, January, 2008




It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts



Britney Spears




Medicine is magical



The GOP Candidates are Asked Whether they Believe in Evolution, May 2007




And magical is art



Damien Hirst "Virgin Mother," 2006 (35 feet tall)




Think of the Boy in the Bubble



Bush At Jackson Square, New Orleans, Sept. 2005




And the baby with the baboon heart



Dick Cheney

And I believe



Woman Arrested At King Holiday Protest In Pennsylvania, January 2008




These are the days of lasers in the jungle



NASA Vegetation Imaging Sensor




Lasers in the jungle somewhere



Plastic Rubbish In An Asian River




Staccato signals of constant information



Karachi Stock Market After Bhutto Assassination




A loose affiliation of millionaires



Flow Chart - Intelligence Connections (Courtesy Mother Jones)




And billionaires and baby



Flow Chart - Swift Boat Veterans For Truth's Connections to White House

These are days of miracle and wonder



McDonald's




This is the long-distance call



U.S. Soldiers Calling Home, Baghdad, 2003




The way the camera follows us in slo-mo



Jim Campbell "Primal Graphics," 2002




The way we look to us all



Faces Of The Fallen




The way we look to a distant constellation that is dying in a corner of the sky



Satellite Imagery, Heatwave, July 2006




These are days of miracle and wonder



Katrina




And don't cry



First High-Definition Images of Earth-Set, Kaguya (Selene) Satellite, November 2007




Baby



Fearing for their Lives, U.S. Soldiers Killed the Children's Parents at a Checkpoint, January 2005




Don't cry



First High-Definition Images Of Earth-Set, Kaguya (Selene) Satellite, November 2007




Don't cry baby



Family Members Visit Casket of Army PFC Kristian Menchaca in Brownsville, TX, Killed in Iraq, June 2007




Don't cry



Girl Evacuee in Lebanon, Summer 2006








Digital Image of Planet Earth

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Nice work

[fenriswolf]

2. Pretty cool.

[sam sarrha]

10. nice.. here is a great Bu$hitCo bubble chart, how he made his millions, >>Link>>

http://www.bushwatch.com/bushmillions.html

[yardwork]

3. Thank you. One of my favorite songs.

And just as important today as the day Paul Simon wrote it. Thank you for taking the time to put together those photos and words and post it here.

[InvisibleTouch]

4. Wow - nicely done!

I could hear the song playing as I scrolled down the images. Perfectly attuned. Thanks!

[SalviaBlue]

5. K&R Wow nt

[Change has come]

6. That was really well done.

:kick:

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. k&r

It would have been better without Barack in it, though.

[Radio_Lady]

8. Beautiful... well organized... I'm in tears... and angry at the same... but still hopeful.

[Iris]

21. talk about mixed emotions n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Upon my word Hissy

That is the finest post I have seen on DU.

Ever.

Thank you and blessings upon you for this, I am truly moved.

SCE :hug: :pals:

[Hissyspit]

11. .

[opiate69]

12. Bravo!! Nicely done.

[Hissyspit]

13. I'm going to keep kicking this up for others when there is lighter traffic.

And faster upload speed!

[Hissyspit]

14. Good morning kick. n/t

[Solly Mack]

15. Wonderfully done

[Delphinus]

16. O.M.G.

What a truth you have put together.

All I can do is shake my head and cry - what we do when we live in an age of "miracles and wonder".

[althecat]

17. One of my favourite songs.... can hear it in my head....

KnR

Paul Simon would like this I am sure...

[Sugar Smack]

18. I think there has been no better collection, I'm stumped for words.

It fit so perfectly. That was truly amazing work. Beautiful and VERY powerful.

[Sugar Smack]

19. Kick.

:D

[walldude]

20. A huge K&R

I gotta tell you Hissy, this was nothing short of inspirational. I was actually having some writers block on some songs I was working on but I think you shocked it out of me. Brilliant.

and thanks!

Shit can't rec... over 24 hours.. well kicking anyway.

[spanone]

22. kick and recommend

[Atman]

23. I'm very bummed I missed this back when I could have rec'd it.

Unbelievable. Beautiful. Excellent. Thank you.

.

[txwhitedove]

24. Kick. Great work.

[Hissyspit]

25. .

[Oilwellian]

26. Hissy, this would make an excellent video

Would you like me to put it together for YouTube? You of course would get full credit. :D Loved it.

[Radio_Lady]

27. Totally agree! George, please put up a YOU TUBE link if and when you do this!

Thanks so much. I'll be very interested in seeing it and might send it to other progressives (authors, activists, etc.) I have on my master talk show list.

Go viral with this one! Best of luck!

Warmly,

Radio Lady Ellen

[SeattleGirl]

28. Wow!

Excellent work!

[bean fidhleir]

29. Very, very nice...I'm sorry to have to say. (nt)

[berni_mccoy]

30. Thankyou Hissyspit. This is absolutely one of the bests posts on DU ever.