5 Reasons George Bush Is A Sith Lord
June 13th, 2007, 1:06 am by Priya Florence Shah
Filed under Love, Buddhism, Humour, Funnies, Karma, Self-Awareness, My Life, Spirituality, Attitude, Movies, Useless Facts, Thoughts
Yup, I’ve been OD-ing on the Star Wars series this weekend. I love George Lucas and his Jedi philosophy, inspired as it was by Eastern spiritual tradition, including Taoist philosophy and Qigong energy practices.
But, some of the episodes reminded me so much of another George - the President everyone loves to hate €œ and the world he is responsible for creating, that I just had to share the 5 reasons I think George Bush is a Sith Lord - Darth Invader.
1. He thinks in absolutes.
Only a Sith thinks in absolutes, said Obi-Wan Kenobi when Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader warned, If you’re not with me, then you’re my enemy, in Part III: Revenge of the Sith. Reminds us so much of G.W.’s famous Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists, proclamation.
2. He acts from fear and revenge.
The Jedi act from compassion and love. The Sith use fear and hate to drive them. Notice how everything G.W. does is in reaction to fear or revenge. Revenge for what Saddam did to Daddy. Fear of being attacked. Fear of seeming weak. Fear of those who are different. Too bad he has no fear of looking like an idiot.
3. He uses deceit to achieve his ends.
The Sith are no strangers to deceit, hiding their true motives behind seemingly good intentions. Chancellor Palpatine hid his identity as a Sith Lord, to wipe out the Jedi and overthrow the Republic. Bush’s search for the still-missing Weapons of Mass Destruction turned out to be just as much of a red herring, and his War on Terror is just another attempt to pull the wool over our eyes. Paul Craig Roberts offers his take on this in Is Bush A Sith Lord?
4. His idea of fun is to invade other countries without reason.
The Sith invade, take over or wipe out other planets, for no reason, other than the fact that they don’t kowtow to the Empire. Bush’s ego and pride have brought Iraq to the brink of civil war, threatened Iran, North Korea and anyone else who dared question American Imperial Rule.
5. He has a warped sense of justice.
The Jedi code - and any civilised society - mandates that an adversary must stand fair trial before justice is carried out. But Bush used a kangaroo court to hang his old foe, Saddam Hussein. Fair trial? Oh nooo! That would have exposed far too many skeletons in the CIA’s closet.
Given more time, I’m sure I could come up with many more parallels between G.W. and the Dark Side Of The Force. Instead I’ll leave you with this video that left many of us wondering why Bush is holding the green lightsaber instead of the red one.
Tags: 
Star Wars, 
george lucas 
revenge of the sith 
jedi 
sith 
lightsaber 
anakin skywalker 
Dark Side Of The Force 
George Bush 
iraq iraq 
war on terror 
iran
Popularity: 70% [?]
Sakshi said,
June 14th, 2007, 4:55 am
Hey…thanks for the comment on my blog. Have to say you have got a pretty neat blog and the posts are very interesting. Have added you to my FeedReader.
Sorab Dalal said,
July 23rd, 2007, 5:52 pm
Well I think George put all those lines in revenge of the sith as an attack on Bush
It was quite clear what he was going for. Like chancellor Palpatine, Bush has big ears
Priya Florence Shah said,
July 24th, 2007, 6:25 am
Yeah, Lucas sure made the most of his clout to throw a few punches at the Bush admin. I missed the big ears, though. Thanks for pointing that out. LOL
laura said,
August 6th, 2007, 3:49 pm
yeah i think everything is pretty good… except for number 2… he\’s not afriad of being attacked…. 911 was an inside job by the government and george bush… he\’s the one who attacked the american people not suddam. and the pentagon wasn\’t even hit by a plane… it was hit by a missile! 911 was all planned out.