Barack Obama recently made headlines with his eight-day tour of Europe and the Middle East.
Many analysts here and abroad agree it was a smart political move for the U.S. presidential nominee, but some argue it was just a drop in a substantial bucket of goodwill needed to improve international relations with America.
As President George W. Bush nears the end of a mostly disastrous eight-year term, he too should be given credit for public appearances overseas.
Traveling by air — er, compressed air, that is — and landing on everything from brick walls to telephone poles to the doors of trash chutes, Bush boasts a presence in just about every last nook in the world.
Curitiba, Brazil
Unlike Bush’s approval rating, attendance at Disney theme parks doesn’t seem to have taken a hit in America’s worsening economy.
Photo by mlbor
Granada, Spain
Bush’s Starbucks-colored tank creeps toward a McDonald’s logo.
Photo by juanti
Lisbon, Portugal
Photo by Graffiti Land
London, England
Painted on a wall facing East London’s members-only Shoreditch House is this poignant portrait.
Photo by nickburcher
Sofia, Bulgaria
Faded from foot traffic, the sidewalk mugshot reads: Wanted Dead: George W. Bush, for crimes against humanity and the planet.
Photo by kiki
Berlin, Germany
Bush faces off with Osama bin Laden outside a record store in Berlin. War is terror, the caption reads.
Senator Obama’s tour included a stop in Berlin, where he gave a speech to a crowd of more than 200,000. American blogger Fred Wilson responds: “This kind of worldwide popularity is something we need in the US right now.”
Photo by shawnbot
Colonia, Uruguay
This makeshift banner welcomed Bush to Uruguay in March of 2007, when Bush met with President Tabaré Vasquez.
Translated, the greeting reads: Your dead, hungry, unemployed, disappeared [illegally imprisoned], lying cronies salute you.
Photo by MichaelO’B
Durango, Mexico
Photo by OliverAlex
Wellington, New Zealand
Give Bush an inch, and he’ll bomb a country, one stencil remarks.
Bush’s critics argue he never should have sent troops to battle without Congressional approval. Legally, the power to declare war lies in the hands of the Congress, not the President.
Photo by glutnix
Gullbringusysla, Iceland
Flanked by missiles, could Bush be folding his hands in prayer?
Photo by choufiphone
San José, Costa Rica
Translation: Mentally ill in service of capital.
Photo by C-Monster
Rome, Italy
Photo by tracymadaj
Melbourne, Australia
Photo by Toots Fontaine
Rosario, Argentina
Joyfully riding a missile — gut protruding, cowboy hat waving — Bush’s embodiment of Texan stereotypes is as much the subject of this artist’s mockery as the President’s flippant attitude toward explosives.
Photo by pablodf
Mito, Japan
Prolific graffiti artist Og Akim shares his rich political artwork at the X-Color exhibit in Japan.
Photo by nattynattyboom
Johannesburg, South Africa
A donkey-eared Bush and his toy tank ponder their next move.
Photo by banter
Israel
Bush is pictured here with Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister when this photo was taken in 2006.
Photo by greenwonderland
Bangkok, Thailand
Photo by G4Glenno
Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine
Bush, a United Methodist, tries on some Devil horns in the city of Jesus’ birth.
On June 10, 2000, the President declared Jesus Day in Texas.
Photo by hazy jenius
Riga, Latvia
Photo by Patient Dinosaur
Victoria, BC, Canada
On a brick wall in Victoria, British Columbia, Bush discusses world domination with Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper. (The dialogue references a mid-90s animated television show, Animaniacs, which began airing in Canada late last year.)
What are we going to do tonight, George?
What we do every night, Steve. Try to take over the world.
Photo by ngawangchodron
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Lyrics to the United States national anthem take on a less hopeful meaning.
Photo by Jamie Rushell
Wrocław, Poland
Photo by ChrisJ.
Styria, Austria
Photo by newsrepublic
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Bush mzushi, loosely translated: Bush is a rumormonger.
Photo by Msomi As voters and the media shift their attention toward the November elections, Bush’s reign as one of the most widely loathed political leaders comes to a close. With fewer than a hundred days before a successor is named, here’s to hoping that displays like these will stop appearing — and won’t reemerge with the likeness of Senator John McCain.
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Creating a communist police state is NOT a proper response to terrorism. Nothing that has been done since 9/11 has done anything to make Americans safer – not the new wars, not the wide open border with Mexico, not the Stasi-like surveillance of everyone EXCEPT actual terrorists. Good police work and letters of Marquee and Repisal would have been all that was needed. But NOOOO, we had to outdo the Soviets, right? That's your solution to everything, increase the size and power of the state even when it fails you miserably? IF the terrorists hated us for our freedoms they won't be hating us for long with people of your mindset running things.
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Prove he was elected for a second term. Show me the ballots. What? There were no ballots, just proprietary source code programming? Well that explains it then. What it doesn't explain is why the supposed land of the free puts up with being treated like slaves by a government that can't even prove it was elected fair and square.
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The government is not supposed to do shit for you if you are in a hurricane, earthquake, flood, or your liberal panties get stuck in your ass. Show me where in the constitution it says And when a Hurricane uhomes you it is the Federal Gov. that will save you. Even though the Federal Government funded most of the technology that forecast it was coming giving DAYS of warning. Your live on the coast you learn to deal with it. Look to Iowa to see how your supposed to handle a disaster….State and local.
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Why is it that you people say America when you mean the United States? As far as I know, America is a continent that comprises somewhere around 30 different countries!!! Yes, Canadians, Argentinians, Brazilians, Mexicans, Uruguayans, Venezuelans, etc, etc, etc, are ALL Americans and live in countries that are in the American continent.
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Now about the US economy. More Reasons Why the US Economy is Collapsing: #1. The United States government is currently running a budget deficit of $1.8 billion/day. Too much deficit will create a weaker American dollar and cripple the US economy. #2. The US National Debt is $8 trillion+. It has to be paid back eventually by raising taxes. #3. Oil prices are $100+ per crude barrel, there is a shortage of oil refineries and demand is growing due to more car drivers world wide. #4. China's economy is now bigger than the United States and China is now the centre of the global economy. #5. China's trade exports out-matches the United States (ie. they can build cars/trucks/SUVs for half the price). #6. English is becoming less important as an international business language. Mandarin Chinese is becoming more important. #7. Global warming is causing drought and shortages of grain crops, causing bread and flour prices to skyrocket. #8. US universities aren't creating enough graduates to compete on the global market. Tuition is too expensive and there isn't enough university professors. #9. The babyboomers are retiring, creating a shortage of skilled workers. #10. The White House is being complacent about the US economy and is ignoring the possibility of a depression. #11. Automobile companies keep laying off unionized workers and moving their factories to China. The only car company building new plants and hiring workers in North America is Japanese car-maker Toyota (which only hires non-union workers). #12. The US government sold off the bulk of its oil/gasoline reserves in 2002. It no longer has large stocks of oil reserves in case of a national shortage. #13. Adult American taxpayers have an average of $48,000 in debt due to credit cards, mortgages, university debts, etc. Now that the economy has gone sour many are losing their houses or declaring bankruptcy. #14. The US dollar is notoriously easy to make counterfeit bills of. Thanks to modern computer printers, counterfeit is reasonably easy to make. #15. The US economy still has not recovered from 9/11. #16. The US economy relies on the consumption of goods at a decadent rate. If something happens that throws the economy for a loop, it can very easily fall into a depression. #17. Global Warming is causing record hurricanes, storms, floods and ecological disasters are destroying homes & businesses in the United States. In addition to wrecking havoc and raising insurance prices, the storms also prevent oil rigs from drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, causing oil shortages. #18. The health problems resulting from high obesity and unhealthy diets combined with a shortage of doctors is causing the US healthcare system to become highly capitalized so that only the wealthy and middle class can afford health care. #19. Rising costs of airplane flights are stifling business trips by companies seeking to do business. #20. Foreign investors are pulling out of the United States and investing in Asia instead. #21. Five years of drought and Global Warming has caused many farmers in the American mid-west to declare bankrupty. The US is facing a food shortage if current drought trends continue. People aren't building enough green houses to grow extra food. Well now perhaps some of you will think this is off topic, but its not, because of these kind of actions that are taken by the US gov with G. W. Bush as its current leader these kind of graffities appear all over the world. Although Im not an American I would like that Obama wins the 08 elections, but even then I doubt that the US foreign policy will change. Thank you for reading these posts I hope i didnt insulte anyone. I tryed to be as objective as I could
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You are so wrong, on almost every point. To wit: #1. Due to the promised Iraqi oil revenue, the U.S. Treasury is running a surplus. #2. The National Debt will be paid back from lottery revenue. #3. Oil now hovers around $120.00. Cha-ching!! #5. Do we really want to be known around the world as the place all the crap is made? #6. English will always be the dominant business language. Have you ever heard Mandarin Chinese? Who can make sense of it? #7. But, do we need GRAIN?? Just let the canned food industry fill in the blanks. #8. It's just that so many young people have decided to offer their lives in the defense of this nation in the war on terror that they no longer have the time to concentrate on scholastic endeavors. #9. You'll notice that many more older workers are working…at..say…..McDonalds these days! #10. The economy is fine, 'cause weapons manufacturers, oil producers, defense contractors, and the like are reaping enough profits to support all the economic failures that plague a modern economy. #11. Unions were killed off in the last century. And so what if China is getting all the manufacturing jobs now. Just wait until they really surpass us. Then watch all those jobs go to places like….Chad….Somalia, etc. #12. That doesn't matter, don't you see? Those reserves were sold off to finance the war on terror, so the Iraqi oil profits will……….uh, sorry. #13. I simply don't get this one. I have a credit card debt of $224.84. How could anyone get themselves into $48,000 worth of debt? Wouldn't you rather rent than buy? When things go wrong, it's always somebody else's problem. #14. Counterfeiting makes the dollar more attractive, not less! #15. The economy recovered very nicely, thank you very much! Dick Cheney told me so! #16. EEWW, you're just so sure of yourself there, aren't you? Decadence is underrated. #17. Global warming would happen even if we had not figured out how to build automobiles. #18. It's a dog-eat-dog world. #19. Think locally! Screw globally! #20. They'll be back! They can't ignore a super-power! #21. This is total left-wing mumbo-jumbo. You see, when farmers declare bankruptcy, it's merely an opportunity for corporate agriculture to move in and correct a wrong. They will make money. It's a win-win situation for everybody, except those original farmers, and their families, and their suppliers, and their local markets, and their barbers, and their hired help, and the local bakery, and their neighborhood pharmacy, and their near-by car dealer, and their town computer salesman, and their nearest lottery distributor, and their……………. Please see the humor in this. People are tearing this planet apart. Who 'wins' then?
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yeah, i was wondering why the person who captioned that photo didnt mention that it is taken from krubrick and that bush is riding the israeli and american-marked bomb into oblivion
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I just love when people have nothing to say to win a political argument start saying "you hate America!" We live here, and unless we are self-destructive idiots we will not wish America to fail. Funny how those who claim to love America know nothing of its history and only make it worse for the country and people in it.
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Name one Disney cartoon with a black person as a main character. Name one black Disney princess.
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You kinda sound like Hitler "OUR GREAT COUNTRY" the Third Reich ^.^ lol
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***America can not go through another Bush or McBush type administration. Google the music video: Nowhere Man (Goodbye Mr. Bush) – INDIVO
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Because Disney's main source of inspiration for decades came from European fairy tales. As for the more recent anitmated films • the Arabian Nights are fairly well known outside of the Middle East • Greek Mythology has plently of established characters for a minimal effort plot • in the case of Mulan, the story is so old the Huns can be protrayed as the bad guys without making anyone mad or taking a political stance • a black princess showing up in any of these would be out of place for the time and location You can argue that Disney could have picked an African legend to animate but honestly, they aren't exactly mainstream and would have been a harder sell in an ignorant market that was losing interest in traditional animation.
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No intelligent person would claim that there country is "the best country ever to exist". Firstly on what basis are you making these claims, several, if not most, European countries have a much higher quality of life than USA, DO NOT INVADE FOREIGN COUNTRIES, have a public welfare system and a better economy. For example after WWII Germany was literally the poorest country in the world, now it is the 3rd largest economy, in less than 100 years.
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You "americans" piss me off so fucking much. We dont want any of your fucking shit in our country. McDonalds is the scourge of society, you have become a massively overweight, paranoid, loud mouthed, gas guzzling society and to think the rest of the world has not noticed is ignorant.
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The world hates the US – not our president – for our ability to beat the shit out of anyone, have an economy that the rest of the world relies upon, innovate just about every new technology there is, and the list goes on and on. Fuck the world! Fuck your pussy ass graffiti! Fuck your sophomoric humor! Why? Because we still are the best country in the world and you're jealous! Go USA and fuck the rest of you!
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Dude! Most of your arguments are completely moronic! Do us a favor, go back to high school!
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Just imagine if there was never a Christian and Judism religion?–World wouldn't be a big mess and killing fields. Millions have been slaughtered by Christians,what is worse is that Jews were in control of the Jewus armies. Speaking of Bush or any Politician–they ain't religious,they arn't fools,only saps and weak minded folks get suckered to believe and worship a crypto Jew-Jesus.wake-up fools,America was nuked on Sept 11/01 by Jews and you stupid fools don't know it from a fireworks display :^) Bush is a pile of sh!t-says,Alfred E. Newmann
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America the best country in the world? Oh my God that is rich. America is a collection of worldwide indigents who have shaped 'America' into what it is. The Anglo elite along with the Zionist cabal have created a worldwide criminal network that no one could ever have dreamed of. No one with a heart that is. Bush is just a reflection of this phenomenon. 'Americans' are a clueless bunch, they thump their chests like mountain gorillas proclaiming to be king of the jungle. They think war is patriotism and honorable, while their young die for the fascist corporations who rob the innocent 24/7. When you have leadership that uses extortion and murder to rape the worlds natural resources, how else are you going to be viewed in the world? Obama and McCain offer nothing, they are tied by the same strings that control Herr Bushler. America will be a war mongering fascist pig that has destabilized the world as long as there is a treasury and clueless public to rape and deceive. War,oil and anything that can be tagged with a market value will be the driving force of the Satanic Anglo Cabal of which America is very good at with its military beholden to force its Imperial will upon all of humanity.
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Animaniacs has been showing in Canada for a lot longer than just last year. I don't know anybody who doesn't know the theme song for Pinky and the Brain.
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Nice!
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Dazed and Confused – Typical Neo-Con response – Blame the other guy! Distort the facts! Lie, Cheat and steal to get whatever you want. What does Al Gore and John Kerry have to do with anything at this point? They are not the leaders in office right now. Bush is and he's done nothing to catch Bin Laden. Perhaps Bush senior could have asked Bin Laden's Father where his long lost son is since he was having breakfast and coffee with him on the morning of September 11th.
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That's pretty ignorant of you to say. I'm assuming you're from America and American idiots voted him into office. If you're from America this disaster is YOUR FAULT!!!! I'm sure there are lots of people in Texas who loathe him (like in Austin, maybe Houston) You're just as bad as a republican!!
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heh heh heh why is it always fuckin america trying to out do every other state and in the mist of all that we leave ourselves wide open and also trip over our own feet……….holy shit for fucks sake what the hell is wrong with us why havent we rebelled and kicked bush out of office by force if so many of us hate his sorry ass huh? and by the way…..DID WE NOT LEARN THE FIRST TIME!?!
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do you need a constitution to tell you to do the right thing? damn, if thats the case then we are really stuffed.
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No I don't. But apparently you and a city of others like you need the government to wipe your asses for you. And before you go off on me about how I have never faced any thing like that….I live in Oklahoma….I have lost 1 house and most of another to tornados. And not once did I or most of the town I lived in get FEMA trailers food and water airlifted in or rooms on a cruise ship (though being a landlocked state I can understand why on the ship)
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Funny reading these comments today.
History has proven Bush to be right, and Obama is a total joke.
I wonder if we’ll ever see “GE/Obama/War Machine” or ACORN voter fraud graffiti. Don’t count on it.
This shows how corrupt the media is also.
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