An American graphic artist and marketing specialist, having decided that the continuing coverage of the Iraq invasion on American mass media is completely one-sided, has come up with another small way to demonstrate to the populace that many Americans are not only against the invasion, but also against Bush even being the president.
Since the American mass media continues to portray Bush as a hero, the only way to change the public perception of the man is to portray him in the more honest negative view. The public needs to see Bush portrayed as he really is, and needs to see this as much as possible, as widely as possible, since the media will not portray him honestly.
The average American cannot afford to buy advertising time on network television or space in national magazines and newspapers. They can afford to print stickers and posters and anyone with access to a laserprinter can join the revolution to return America to Americans.
For a start, the above-mentioned artist has created stickers that are formatted to print on Avery 3 1/2" diskette labels (item #8196). They are already starting to appear across America. Download the PDF. Print them out. Put them up. Why stickers? You can print lots of them. Cut up the sheets after printing and you can always have some in your pocket. You can put them up quickly. You can put up lots of them.
Remember, the idea is to change perceptions, not anger people. Think before you put up a sticker. Lamp posts are good; the middle of storefront window is bad. Marketing is a powerful tool; it can change beliefs. If an advertising campaign can convince people that Coors Lite tastes good, another one can get people to realize that George Bush is not the solution; he is the problem.
Name-calling should have went out when you outgrew your diapers. How about coming up with some evidence to back up your assertions? Reasoned arguments are accepted here and provide the basis for real debate. Name-calling doesn't.
Let's not focus too much on one person. Sure, Bush is
a ghoul. And, yes, he's the one with great decision-making power. But those around him are also the problem. So are the policymakers in the govt. who are the initiators of the "war on terror" (Afghanistan, Philippines, etc.), the war In Iraq, the "drug war", the growth of all the concentration camps, the Dept. of Homeland Security. And let's not forget the corporate assault - globalization, casualization, etc. It's the whole capitalist/state system. The Democrats are part of that system.
Sure, one can pursue voting Bush out of office if one is into that.
Possibly, many people focused too much on LBJ or Nixon during the Vietnam years, and avoided looking at *systems*. So too today, focussing too much on Bush is easy - he's an ass. But let's not liberals off the hook for the same old politics we want to transcend.
When election time comes around, the Democrats,
Greens, and others who uphold this system, will rant about voting to get Bush out. But we, if we are revolutionaries, must keep spreading our anti-system ideas & politics. Fuck Bush but fuck all politicians too.