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This image shows the way that visual critique can work as a form of cultural criticism:

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Bush was fully briefed about the severity of the storm. He knew what was coming. The Onion decodes the image:

WASHINGTON, DC:--In an emergency White House address Sunday, President Bush urged all people dying from several days without food and water in New Orleans to "tap into the American entrepreneurial spirit" and gnaw on their own bootstraps for sustenance. "Government handouts are not the answer," Bush said. "I believe in smaller government, which is why I have drastically cut welfare and levee upkeep. I encourage you poor folks to fill yourself up on your own bootstraps. Buckle down, and tear at them like a starving animal." Responding to reports that many Katrina survivors have lost everything in the disaster, Bush said, "Only when you work hard and chew desperately on your own footwear can you live the American dream.

More on the folly and surreality in New Orleans can be found here.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at September 8, 2005 10:06 AM | TrackBack