Going Bush

“They invented the perfect tool for the New Dumb. They can now flourish in a land of serious stupidity and greed. They can infest the planet with every sick arsehole you can dream of and make him sound sane. Now, any cheap, lying fuck can become President of the United States and sound good.”

-- Hunter S. Thompson on the invention of computers to his friend Ralph Steadman, circa 1980, quoted in Steadman’s memoir The Joke’s Over (William Heinemann: London). In February 2005, four months after George W. Bush’s re-election, Thompson put a gun to his head and shot himself.