seemingly incongruent imagery

[click image, via Agent BB2]

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I have not wanted to talk about the Haiti quake here because it is, again, being used to generate mass distraction from supremely significant things, but, well, this pretty much takes the cake:

Former President George W. Bush's expected role as co-chair of the U.S. relief efforts in Haiti will mark his re-emergence into the public spotlight for the first time since leaving office a year ago amid controversy and low popularity ratings.

Alongside former President Bill Clinton, Mr. Bush will share responsibility for raising money and keeping attention on the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. The appointment is expected to be made shortly by President Barack Obama.

I chose the image I've come to call "babysattva" here in 99-land not because I think there's anything sattvaësque [sattva means "hero" in Sanskrit] about these fucks, but because they, clearly, have all the probity, all the moral authority, a baby does... and they are putatively going about something to relieve the suffering of Haitians.

Better, actually, they be barred from speaking of Haiti, let alone going there, and especially when most of the rest of this entire world is not only equipped but actually disposed to actually relieve that suffering... and they already ARE doing that.

Fuck. I wish I could snap my fingers and light up the brains of all Americans.
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I don't know if you realize that approximately 75% of the headlines in both the national news and world news sections of Yahoo! and Google have been Haiti quake related since it happened, but this should be a matter of grave concern to you... even more grave concern than the quake victims' misery. I don't want to sound trite, but perhaps you want to reread Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine for the first part of a clue....
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