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Bush on the Couch : Inside the Mind
of the President
By Dr. Justin Frank
Bush Administration policies are not only a "great catastrophe" but the products of a disturbed mind, according to this
provocative blend of psychological case-study and partisan polemic. Psychoanalyst Frank sifts through family memoirs,
the writings of critics like Al Franken and David Corn and the public record of Bush's personal idiosyncrasies for
clues to the President's character, interpreting the evidence in the rigidly Freudian framework of child psychoanalyst
Melanie Klein. He finds that Bush, psychically scarred by an absentee father and a cold, authoritarian mother, has
developed a galloping case of megalomania, characterized by a Manichaean worldview, delusions of persecution and
omnipotence and an "anal/sadistic" indifference to others' pain, with removal from office the only "treatment option."
The author's exegesis of Bush¹s personality traits-the drinking problem, the bellicose rhetoric, the verbal flailings
and misstatements of fact, the religiosity and exercise routines, the hints of dyslexia and hyperactivity, the youthful
cruelty to animals and schoolmates, the smirk-paints an intriguing, if exaggerated and contemptuous, portrait of a
possibly troubled public figure. But Frank's attempts to translate psychoanalysis into political analysis are
unconvincing. Indeed, if Bush's reneging on campaign promises is a form of clinical "sadism," and his budget deficits
an "unconscious attack on his own parents," then Karl Rove, the Cabinet, and both houses of Congress belong in group
therapy with him. MORE
"I don't spend a lot of time trying to figure me out...
I'm just not into psychobabble."
-- George W. Bush
For all his simplicity and affability, George W. Bush has remained, to paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill, "a mystery
wrapped in an enigma." In Bush on the Couch, Dr. Justin A. Frank, a well-respected Washington, D.C.-based
psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry, unwraps that mystery, assembling a comprehensive psychological
profile of President Bush. Using the principles of applied psychoanalysis -- the discipline of psychoanalyzing
public and historical figures pioneered by Freud -- Frank fearlessly builds his case ... and reaches conclusions
that are at once highly persuasive and deeply disturbing.
Through a close analysis of Bush's public statements and behavior, as well as the historical record provided by
journalists, biographers, and those who have known the president well, Frank traces the development of Bush's
character from childhood to the present day. Examining closely the role of the president's parents -- especially Barbara
Bush, an acknowledged disciplinarian whose own insecurities may have prevented her from adequately nurturing her
son -- Frank finds in Bush's childhood the roots of a dramatic psychic split that remains a dominant influence on his
adult worldview. Frank argues that this split has inevitably hampered Bush's ability to manage his emotions, charging his
psyche with restless anxiety, and conditioning him to view the world in the black-and-white terms that have so evidently
shaped his administration.
Among the other subjects Frank explores:
Bush's false sense of omnipotence, instilled within him during childhood and emboldened by his deep investment in
fundamentalist religion
The president's history of untreated alcohol abuse, and the questions it raises about denial, impairment, and the
enabling streak in our culture
The growing anecdotal evidence that Bush may suffer from dyslexia, ADHD, and other thought disorders
His comfort living outside the law, defying international law in his presidency as boldly as he once defied DUI statutes
and military reporting requirements
His love-hate relationship with his father, and how it triggered a complex and dangerous mix of feelings including
yearning, rivalry, anger, and sadism
Bush's rigid and simplistic thought patterns, paranoia, and megalomania -- and how they have driven him to invent
adversaries so that he can destroy them
At once a compelling portrait of George W. Bush and a damning indictment of his policies, Bush on the Couch sheds
startling new light on an administration whose record of violence and cruelty seems increasingly dependent on the
unstable psyche of the man at its center. Insightful and accessible, courageous and controversial, Bush on the Couch
tackles the question no one seems willing to ask: Is our president psychologically fit to run the country? MORE
21JAN2005
Official Day of Mourning After for USA
Is George W Bush Legally Insane?
Sign the petition demanding that George W Bush
submit to a psychiatric examination
We the undersigned, contending that no sane man would knowingly and willfully cause the deaths
of more than 200,000 Iraqis with an absolutely unjustified war, find that
George W Bush did exactly that. We also contend that George W Bush is directly responsible for the deaths of
between 1,300 and 1,400 U.S. soldiers since March of 2003.
We the undersigned, petition the Congress of the United States to demand that George W Bush submit to a psychiatric
examination. If it is then determined he is any variation of nuts, runamuck, balmy, batty, berserk, bonkers,
certifiable, crackers, crazy, daft, demented, demoniacal, deranged, harebrained, haywire, idiotic, loco, loony,
loopy, maniacal, non compos mentis, possessed, psychopathological, psychotic, stark @#$%-ing raving mad,
of unsound mind and/or just plain mentally ill, as the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States provides, he shall be:
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2. Tried for War Crimes, and if found guilty
3. Ordered to spend the rest of his natural life in the Crawford (Texas) City Jail.
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Dubya's Medical Malady Identified
by twospiritwarrior
Gonorrhea Lectim
The Center for Disease Control has
issued a warning about a new virulent
strain of sexually transmitted disease.
This disease is contracted through
dangerous and high risk behavior.
The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim
(pronounced "gonna reelect him").
Many victims have contracted it after
having been screwed for the past 4 years,
in spite of having taken measures to
protect themselves from this especially
troublesome disease.
Cognitive sequellae of individual infected
with Gonorrhea Lectim include, but are not
limited to: Anti-social personality disorder
traits; delusions of grandeur with a distinct
messianic flavor; chronic mangling of the
English language; extreme cognitive dissonance;
inability to incorporate new information;
pronounced xenophobia; inability to accept
responsibility for actions; exceptional
cowardice masked by acts of misplaced bravado;
uncontrolled facial smirking; ignorance of
geography and history; tendencies toward
creating evangelical theocracies; and a
strong propensity for categorical, all-or
nothing behavior.
The disease is sweeping Washington. Naturalists
andepidemiologists are amazed and baffled that
this malignant disease originated only a few
years ago in a Texas Bush.
Bush's Psychiatric Profile: He's Certifiable
By Paul Levy
The emperor has no clothes... People were afraid to disagree with Bush after 9/11 for fear of being called
terrorists. ("You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists.") But the truth needs to be
uttered. George W. Bush is ill. He has a sickness of the soul, a psycho-spiritual dis-ease which is very prevalent
and symptomatic of the times we live in. It is an illness that is in the soul of all humanity. It is easy to see
because it is so obvious. MORE
GWB's Mental Illness
By Lyndon LaRouche
The most concise and frank, yet compassionate account of George W. Bush's multiple mental disorders can be found
in the 2004 book-length study by Dr. Justin Frank,
Bush on the Couch : Inside the Mind of the President - [Link has 54 customer reviews] (New York: HarperCollins, 2004).
Dr. Frank is a leading psychoanalyst who teaches at George
Washington University Medical Center. His professional credentials are impressive, and his in-depth study of the
President, based on massive amounts of public documentation - autobiographical and biographical accounts, countless
hours of video footage of the President, statements by close associates and relatives, spanning nearly the entirety of
George W. Bush's lifetime - presents a compelling case that Mr. Bush needs some serious professional
help. MORE
Also see:
The DSM and the Mental Illness of George W. Bush,
The Insanity of George W Bush,
Bush on the Couch : Inside the Mind of the President, by Dr. Justin Frank, and
Bush plans to screen whole U.S. population for mental illness.
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Ed. note: Included are links (below) to Battle of Algiers, Z, and Godfather II. All three are
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Like Algiers before, it's Fallujah now
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Battle of Algiers (1967) - English subtitles - VHS * Battle of Algiers - DVD
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