The Bushian Caliphate

Bush's Two Thousand Year War

 

Schuyler and Elizabeth, the first to arrive, immediately started getting cocktails ready. Tonight, Schuyler was interested in making us a new drink, an Affinity, which he made with Chivas Regal and two kinds of Martini & Rossi vermouth. For those who would rather not drink alcohol, he made a batch of Virgin Raspberry Daiquiris.

 

Soon, everybody was sitting on the back porch. We had two small braziers going to keep us warm. This month has been a bit unusual, since we're having warm nights followed by cool nights. Nevertheless, the horses are beginning to grow their winter coats.

 

Bob and Judy told us they could not believe that Bush would blurt out that "God told me to invade Iraq." The only people who don't think that's scarier than running into Barbara Bush after dark are Bubba and Bubette. And of course, they're not known for their brains. The rest of us felt like a long-tailed cat caught in a room full of rocking chairs; not a good feeling.

 

Bubba and Bubette on Religious Wars

 

Well, this brother and sister team, "religious" zealots just like their idol, Dubya, think it's just fittn' that the Irish have been at each others throats for centuries; they think it's fine and, just Biblical, that the Jews and the Palestinians are always killing each other. When Bob told them what that other zealot had said, they cried for joy. There was their prez, spewing his cowboy blabber. What they were too inbred to know, was how dangerous that kind of sick, bellicose talk really is. Bubba and Bubette's delight at the thought of all those people killing each other in the name of "religion" was almost too disgusting for Bob and Judy to tolerate.

 

Dubya's Threat to the World

 

W. was not elected. He was selected, by the Supreme Court. That should never have been allowed to happen. The second election was doubtful also, and after he uttered the word Crusade, shortly after 9/11, it should have given a clue to those 59,054,087 people who did vote for him that this guy is just itching to launch another two thousand year war. His recent insulting comments to the Muslim world about a new Caliphate were nothing more than more of his "bring 'em on." Only a fool would not see that he is challenging the Muslim world to war. Bad thing is, what he's going to start is a conflict with no end, like the long-running conflicts that seem to amuse Bubba and Bubbette.

 

Ishmael and Isaac

 

Ever since the days of Ishmael and Isaac, the Arabs and the Jews have been wanting to do away with each other. That's what a two thousand year war looks like. The eternally fighting Irish Protestants and Catholics are another example, and now this wacko from Waco wants to start a war against a non-existent Caliphate. In one of our first Chronicles, we mentioned that Osama Bin Laden and W. are identical. They're both fanatical zealots. The only difference is, Bin Laden actually knows how to think and process information, and his thoughts and written words will live on after he dies, and so too, thanks to Dubya, will this new "religious" war Dubya is hell-bent on starting, since, of course, it's God who tells him to go to war.

 

The Saddest Truth

 

Something that we don't read about in our media is that you cannot be a true Christian and think and act the way Bush does. Why the media lets him get away with calling himself a Christian is a question none of us can comprehend. The last time we checked, true Christians didn't approve of and condone torture and abuse of other human beings. The last time we checked, true Christians knew it was their duty to take care of the less fortunate, not take away there rights, benefits and safety nets. The last time we checked, Christians didn't start wars just for the heck of it. And our media won't call this guy's "religious" bluff, and they aren't warning us about Dubya's Crusade against the non-existent Caliphate. Can regime change come soon enough to save us?

 

Dinner as Respite from Hell

 

Terry, Art, Carmen and Jim hoped the dinner they prepared tonight would help us relax a bit. We are, every last one of us, truly worried that his megalomaniac president is going to get us mired into a Crusade-Caliphate war that will make 9/11 and what's going on in Iraq look like child's play, so we too hoped our dinner would change our mood.

 

Terry served us small Spinach and Feta Cheese tartlets. Paired with a Lustau Manzanilla Pasada sherry. Art next served us a delicious Scallop and Corn Chowder and asked to try the same sherry with his soup. The suggestion was a good one; the soup and the sherry were a good match.

 

Carmen and Terry collaborated on an intricately layered Smoked Salmon and Haddock Terrine. The slices revealed beautiful patterns and the many spices in the terrine made for a wonderful third course, matched with a Mount Eden Wolff Vineyard Chardonnay. The terrine was quite rich, as Carmen and Terry made it with tons of Mexican Crema Fresca, and they thought the meat course could be a light dish. Art and Jim roasted some lovely Cornish Game Hens with Mango, Papaya and Grapes. The basting resulted in deeply caramelized hens. They served the hens with chicken liver paté on toast points and shallot-stuffed mushrooms, pairing this simple dish with a Spanish Cava Brut, a Segura Viudas.

 

For dessert, served with an Australian Campbells Tokay, Carmen and Terry made Italian Marzipan and Candied Fruit tarts. Afterwards, we had Max's espresso. Tonight, it was so strong our demitasse spoons could almost remain upright in the cups!

 

Getting Ready for Everybody's Departure

 

Just before we joined the teenagers to say our goodnights, Liz, thinking about what Bush is about to unleash upon the world, quoted this moving comment from Martin Luther King, who wrote: "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder the hate. In fact, violence merely increases the hate." And, Liz, said, unless this demented man is stopped, that's the rosy path he's going to force this country to take. Our government was too weak to stop him from invading Iraq. Let's hope this time they'll have the wisdom and cojones to stop him before it's too late.

 

Summary:

 

Unless he's stopped, George Bush is going to push his idea of a United States Crusade against a Muslim Caliphate, because, as you know, God tells George when to attack and invade other countries.

 

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