George W. Bush - Sisyphus

research | 10/07/02 | self

[BulletBrasDotNet]

Years ago, in college, I read about a man named Sisyphus. He was a man of physical and emotional strenght with stron determination. Several years ago, I saw an advertisement for a mutual fund company depicting a man rolling a very large rock up an extrememly steep slope. In retrospect of what our *President Bush* is doing, I am relating my studies, the advert, to our *President*.

For some reason, no one likes to refer to President Bush as "President Bush." The Stainman is still our president I guess, based upon the media.

So, if any of you can find, and write a note connecting the trials and tribulations of our President Bush to the Sisyphus, that might be cool. I have a jpeg of this ad from Forbes but do not know how to share with you guys. Cheers. Time for bed.

[patriciaruth]

Sisyphus, President Bush is not.

Br'er Rabbit sometimes, Lincoln sometimes, Churchill sometimes, Reagan sometimes, Teddy Roosevelt sometimes, but Sisyphus NOT.

Sisyphus never got his rock to the top.

President Bush, OTOH, seems to get what he goes after, given a bit of time and patience.

[patriciaruth]

Barbara Bush sometimes, too.:-)

[RLK]

Sisyphus never got his rock to the top.

He would get it to the top only to have it roll down the other side of the mountain.

[RLK]

President Bush, OTOH, seems to get what he goes after, given a bit of time and patience....

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Including erasure of the boundary between th United States and Mexico and other acts of abject stupidity.

[patriciaruth]

only to have it roll down the other side of the mountain.

That's not the way I remember the tale. Just as he got it to the top, it would roll back down the same side, not the other side.

[BulletBrasDotNet]

I am sorry for this post.

[RLK]

That's not the way I remember the tale. Just as he got it to the top, it would roll back down the same side, not the other side.

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The side is not absolutely critical. The point is, as punishment, he was doomed to an eternal task that became meaningless just as he finished. I believe Camus was the one who revived the myth as a pillar of French existentialism.

[Jimmy Valentine]

You are correct! Sisephus was CONDEMNED for his pride arrogance and greed to roll the rock up the mountain for an eternity. never achieving the goal of gaining the top.

A more apt comparison to the Sisiphean myth might be Bill Clinton's constant efforts to rehabilitate his "legacy".

Regards,

[fight_truth_decay]

No reason to be sorry for this post..to the extent it has always been an up hill battle, you are correct..and thru self determination, you are correct..but to think that the pinnacle is the only achievement, sisyphus was unrealistic that he could accomplish everything alone; as much of great importance is accomplished along the way. The rock which rolls back time and time again is just crushing obstacles in its path to regain momentum for the next push upward.As far as why isn't our President refered to with the dignity of his title in many newspapers?? Because they are Liberal and biased and often use only the title: Sir and don't think many Americans don't notice this as you have..they do.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

sorry for this post.

Well, I think it's kinda cute!

Let's not get all uptight about things. It's not like we were trying to defend the idea that NJ Democrats and Republicans are each entitled to keep changing their candidates on the ballot until they both have one who meets their own standards of "competitiveness."

Just imagine; after three changes of candidate, and a concommitant postponement of the election 'til late December, the whole economy is in the tank because nobody in New Jersey had time to do their Christmas shopping!

And then when they do have their perfectly competitive race, what happens? What else? They have a tie!!

So the race is thrown back into the courts, where eventually the court names somebody else to be the junior senator from New Jersey. And then every NJ senate candidate and his brother descends on Washington, where the U.S. Senate decides to seat yet somebody else!

Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

[chimera]

The side is not absolutely critical. The point is, as punishment, he was doomed to an eternal task that became meaningless just as he finished. I believe Camus was the one who revived the myth as a pillar of French existentialism.

Yes, and you recall the manner in which Camus validated the seemingly futile labor of The Absurd Hero:

"There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn."

'Rats and liberals everywhere, if nothing else, deserve to be scorned, at every opportunity, by those who know the truth.