the zeitgeist report

In a Wonkette post entitled "The Exquisite Disillusionment of Pierce Bush" we are given a blog posting which I just could not look at hard enough or long enough. The story is that of President Bush's nephew leaving Georgetown University because he is fed up with the Washington political scene:

“Half the reason I wanted to leave Georgetown is that I was kind of burnt out by politics,” he said. “Living in Washington for a year and a half, you kind of see what kind of BS it is.”

He added:

“My uncle is this guy with all this power and he gets blamed for everything.”

Young Bush unburdened himself in a phone interview in the Houston Chronicle. He had previously written a letter to the Chronicle over the Dubai Port issue:

When the political firestorm over Dubai Ports World broke out last month, President Bush's nephew sent the Houston Chronicle an electronic letter to the editor, defending his uncle's drive to allow the United Arab Emirates company to buy a firm that helps run six U.S. ports.

To the University of Texas at Austin student, opposition to the deal — it had been approved by the administration before being scuttled Thursday — sent an "ignorant and offensive" message that the owners were being discriminated against because they are Arab. The protests of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and other congressional leaders seemed "racially prejudiced," he said in the letter, which the Chronicle published.

So we have one of the greatest blog posting headlines ever. We have the earnest ruminations of a fortunate young man and than to illustrate the story is a vintage cover to J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. On the cover is a drawing representing Holden Caulfield with the words:

This unusual book may shock you, you will laugh, and may break your heart-- but you will never forget it

This oddly worded description may characterize Pierce Bush as well as Catcher. Someone needs to keep an eye on this Bush. It seems like there is some kind of movie or book or MTV special here.