A Bush & Botox World

by Landau, Saul

• ISBN13: 9781904859611
• ISBN10: 1904859615
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: A K Pr Distribution

Summary

"Read Saul Landau."-Barbara Ehrenreich Botox promoters promise to wipe away wrinkles, the signs of aging-the signs of time passing. Such "eternal youth" potions metaphorically help erase the very notion of time itself. In a phony world, increasingly dependent on smoke and mirrors, it is no wonder we look at elected officials like a cheap circus act. Saul Landau travels in and out of America, from the stress-filled cultures of Southern Californian businesspeople and poor towns in Texas, to the wildly booming streets of Hanoi and temples of Angkor Wat, to muse on just how low we have sunk. The book explores the ironies of a time in which science explores the genetic code and masters the physics of instant global communication technology, while bible thumpers and talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades to spread their order to infidels. Gore Vidal provides a scabrously funny introduction to a book by an author he says he "loves to steal ideas from." Saul Landau is an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker. He has won many awards, including the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting, the First Amendment Award, and an Emmy.

Author Biography

Saul Landau is a Fellow and Board Member of the Institute for Policy Studies and board member and co-founder of the Center for Cuban Studies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 1
Foreword	p. 3
Title Explanation	p. 5
Introduction	p. 7
The Bush Culture: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
God and Botox: Spirituality through Shopping	p. 15
George W. Bush "Won" Another Disputed Election in 2004	p. 21
Bush Invests National Treasure in Death and Destruction	p. 25
The Reagan Legacy: Bush Inherits, World Grows Poorer	p. 31
Reagan's Last Funeral in a Calgary Coffeeshop	p. 37
Karl Rove as Strategist: Roy Cohn Lives On in Bush White House	p. 39
Leakgate: The Screenplay	p. 45
Globalization and Its Discontents	p. 53
Reagan and Bottled Water	p. 59
Bush, God and Katrina	p. 65
An Oily Religious Dream	p. 71
Different Americas: New Year's 2007	p. 77
Mission Accomplished: Iraq Is Broken
Who We Really Are	p. 85
Breaking Falluja: The 21st Century Guernica-Where was Picasso?	p. 91
Listening and Talking to God about Invading Other Countries	p. 97
Lessons from Vietnam: Wars Kill Empires as Well as People	p. 103
Outsourcing War	p. 109
Breaking the Constitution	p. 121
Jarhead: From Sparta to Iraq	p. 127
Istanbul Poem	p. 133
Mission Accomplished: Iraq is Broken	p. 137
Bad Terrorists and Zealous Patriots
Terrorism Then and Now	p. 145
Geezers Make GAS	p. 151
Luis Posada and Bush's Drinking	p. 157
Che: Man and Movie, Terrorist or Saint?	p. 163
"Paradise Now"-Movie or Life?	p. 169
Munich and the Hamas Electoral Victory	p. 175
A Sexy Environment in a Botox World
A Happy Family in a Bush and Botox World	p. 183
Sex and the Country	p. 189
Fidel Promotes Sex Tourism? JFK Rolls Over in his Grave	p. 195
Geriatric Apprehensions	p. 201
Imperial Portrait: For Hearst Enough Was Never Enough	p. 203
A Ritual in Ashes Tossed from the Mesa	p. 209
Elegy to the Salton Sea	p. 211
Mercury in U.S. Lakes; Cyanide in India-Trust the CEOs!	p. 219
Derision in Digital	p. 223
The Mass Media, Symbols and Ownership	p. 225
Aggression Dominates the Airwaves	p. 231
Missionaries Forever	p. 237
The Ascent of Fashionism, the Decline of Consciousness	p. 241
A Third World Development Dilemma?
Vietnam Diary, March 2006	p. 249
Epilogue
Freedom 2007: Buy Sex on the Internet and Forget Older Freedoms	p. 277
Notes	p. 283
Index	p. 293
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