George Bush: Cocaine Politics

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

Now, before any of you go off the rails, thinking Ol' Tandy has pulled out that tired and hoary old saw about Chimpy and his reputed prediliction for Peruvian Marching Powder, jump down and hear me out. I am, after all a little more thoughtful and subtle than that, and I must say that I am not 100% convinced that our Maximum Leader clearly knows the pleasures and vicissitudes, not to mention the unmistakable tang and bouquet, of a 12 inch Texas Gag Rail of fine ether-washed Peruvian Flake. Oh, I am 99% convinced, but not 100%. No sirree. Can't pin me down there.

No, what I am on about is Cocaine Politics. How many of you did some get-down serious Rail Hoggin'? C'mon. Fess up. Raise them hands. No, not you dabblers and weekend warriors. I mean real he-man, two-fisted, blowing-money-out-your-ass Krell Rangerin'.I did. After all, I spent 27 years in the music business, on tour, and in spite of what you all might think, we did not stay in our rooms, on a night off, curled up with a hot cocoa and Gideon's Bible.

The way I see it, one of Chimpy's real bases comes from the most solid demographic of The Cocaine Generation. There was one of those too. A shitload of people spent an awful lot of time and an awful lot of money(I want some of that money BACK, dammit!) chasing down, buying and snorting lots and lots of white hydrochloride salts derived from a bush that grows high in the Andes. It was cool. Hell, it was one of the USDA foodgroups.

Cocaine brings with it an ethic. This ethic, for the real players, is a simple, two-word declarative phrase: "F*** You". An old friend of mine, a wonderful woman who was a DJ in Cleveland and ran the Cleveland Agora's production department, "Joyce The Voice", always said "Cocaine has bad manners". Joyce was right. It did and does. There are few things more obnoxious and selfish as the committed Gakker in full effect. Sweet Bleedin' Jeebus on a Garage Creeper, they are just abhorrent. A vexation to the spirits of all around them, and they would kick their mother in the head for another line and the fun of it.

But you see, if you really take a look at Chimpy's base, those people who really, really turn out for him and drop the escarole in his lap by the bale....that's them. At least a lot of them. The stylish, cool, hip, forty-to-fifty-ish self-actualizing people of the new milleneum. Shit, some of them were dealers. Know it. Those call themselves "Pioneers" now.

Look around. Thoughout the whole thing you see Cocaine Politics and Ethics. Rove? Cocaine Politics. Hughes? Ditto. Squawking Heads? You betcha. Ann The Man? Someone please tell the bitch she has Baker's Nose. Racicot? Google "Alfred Luciano+Montana". Gingrich, Norquist, DeLay, Frist, et al? Sheeeeeit.Enron? Ya' think? All that money and partying, IN TEXAS? The Florida Republican Party? BWAH!

Take it from one who has played that town, gotten the tshirt and the bj: Cocaine Ethics has grabbed the government, and their attitude is that you can just go bite their d*** if you don't like it. "Lemme introduce you to my leetle fren'" Because that is good, proper, acceptable and appropriate Cocaine Ethics. It's rude, it's greedy, it's grasping and it doesn't give a damn about you.

Sounds like a political party we know, doesn't it?

[boobooday]

1. Razor sharp

Very true. Hubby was in the music business in LA for years, and we saw a lot of snow for such a warm climate.

I worked for a lawyer who used to snort in his office all the time. So they went after crack, the poor man's version, when all the power elites were taking it in the more expensive powder form.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[lapfog_1]

2. Yup

beyond that, there is nobody worse than a reformed sinner

[jus_the_facts]

3. Ooooo oooo that smell.....can'cha smell that smell.....

.....definitely see the *connections* indeed! :evilfrown:

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. I wasn't *abusing drugs*, ossifer!

I just like to smell them ;-)

[jus_the_facts]

5. LOL....I watched Scarface and Blow yesterday.....

.....isn't synchronicity a trip!! :hi:

[DeepModem Mom]

6. I call Generation X "Reagan babies" -- raised on Reagan --

with apologies to all on this board of that generation, and the many others who don't fit the description. Your theory is quite interesting.

[tinanator]

7. wow that sounds pretty cool

I guess those half a dozen people I knew in the 80's who committed suicide were just doing it wrong. Bushcorp would rather have had your $$$ than your vote. They dont need your vote.

[Minstrel Boy]

8. It's worse than you think.

You're right, the cocaine ethos pervades the White House, but it's not merely a zeitgeist thing, or even on account of some playas habitual abuse.

Cocaine, and heroin, are staples bonding big money, the Mafia, intelligence and terror networks. And the worst offenders are the Bush family, which is truly a cartel unto itself.

Some required reading:

The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
Cocaine Politics
Dark Alliance
Whiteout
Powderburns

[9215]

14. Very important stuff here.

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[Bridget Burke]

9. Excellent analysis.

I misspent much of my youth around the music scene here in Texas. Waiting tables, finding out where the songs came from.

Early on, cocaine had a certain mystique--"The White Queen of Drugs". Then it caught on & lost the mystique, big time. The scene became hard & selfish. I was not one to refuse offerings at a party, but decided early on that I'd rather fritter my money away than flush it down the toilet. Neither did I take any of my opportunities to "fall in love" with a dealer (sounds much better than "coke whore").

Damn, the cokeheads almost made junkies look good. A junkie might steal your TV or OD in the bathroom--but he mostly wanted to nod out & shut up. At least junkies lack pretension!

Yes, the attitude of the guys in charge really does seem familiar. Bush Jr definitely has the profile of the guy who needed coke to cover his deficiencies.

[GumboYaYa]

10. I know what you're talking about.

It's like the guy who puts his face in the big pile of blow on the table and snorts as hard as he can. After overindulging he lifts his face out of the pile and says "quote me a price." It's all well and good, because everyone who has been involved in cocaine politics knows that if you throw enough money around you can get out of any bind. (Sounds like how we built the "coalition of the willing".)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

11. Bump

Ok, so I am a bump onanist. Sue me. I just want more feedback. ;-)

[havocmom]

12. When one considers the rampant projection these people practice

it all makes sense. They are constantly accusing others of what they do themselves. Now all the harping about supposed vices among Clinton's staff starts to come into focus.

'They are using coke in the White House...' Projection indeed.


It also helps explain Ashcroft. Never did the drug thing myself, but if I had to work with the likes of ol Tit-Draper, I would likely have to resort to chemical additives just to keep from throttling him.

[9215]

13. Excellent write Tandy

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