A fellow on IRC today attempted to show how evil Bush is by posting a link to the following picture as part of some sort of gut wrenching "...and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" joke:
After all what's wrong with a good laugh at the expense of our severely wounded veterans as long as it is intended to bash Bush?
As it turns out this photo was taken while Bush was visiting wounded soldiers at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. I thought it was strange that he'd be awarding that soldier a t-shirt as opposed to medals. Had Bush's press staff allowed him to pose for a photograph that could be used to make fun of this soldier's plight to spite Bush?
The answer is no.
The truth is that the soldier in that photograph was giving Bush the t-shirt.
MSNBC used the picture, in context, and explained what was going on there that day.
That just doesn't convey the evil horrible person that Bush is for some people though. The facts do not fit their reality.
So instead we now have bloggers using various photos of the event to manufacture some of the most despicable propaganda, with absolutely no care or regard, and in some cases outright contempt for those they are using for their depraved humor.
The worst offender I found:
It's hard to comprehend the amount of hate one has to possess to actually name pictures of severely wounded soldiers as "ew_gross.jpg," "dont_make_me_look.jpg," and "nice_acne.jpg."
Hopefully others can use a bit more common sense and find at least some shred of humanity when tempering their criticisms of Bush with at least some sense of decency and respect for others.
Now if you'll have to excuse me, I need to go throw up.
