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