downloads

Commentary – Anti-Bush leaflet

The purpose of this piece is both to persuade and to entertain. Had this been a genuine leaflet which was to be used in the real life situation I would have liked this piece to change the opinion of an American who is registered to vote.

The secondary purpose, which is to entertain, may be applicable to an entirely different audience. An American may take this piece more seriously and take the content as advice on who to vote for. An English person may find this piece more entertaining as it incorporates British humour, which Americans may not understand. The British or any other country who would read this would also not have anything to do with the election. So sections such as “The bush campaign of terror” section would be more horrifying to an American audience. To a British audience this might seem more unbelievable and entertaining as they are not being affected by what is in the content.

The main audience for this piece is Americans who are registered to vote, particularly Americans who live in Washington, Texas and Florida. Washington because it is the capital of the U.S.A, Texas as it is George Bush’s home town and Florida because this is the state where the deciding vote has come from in all of the past elections which George Bush has won.

The idea for this piece came from feeling strongly about the situation in America and not actually been able to do anything about it. So this piece is just showing that this is what I would do, if I could.

I think that this piece could be used in the real world to complete its purpose. I have shown the leaflet to a few of my American friends and they all gave positive feedback about it. There are many campaigns in America which this piece could be part of, and function just as well as the existing leaflets. The leaflet would only be one in many which are given out in America everyday.

The graphology of the piece includes the typical features of a leaflet and a poster. There are bold colours on the poster to grab the attention of a potential reader. The picture in the middle of the page is to focus attention onto it. The leaflet incorporates pictures all the way through. This is just to make it more interesting for the reader. Also there are many bolded statements; these are to make the reader focus on this point. The style of the leaflet is very simple and not hard to navigate.

As for the lexis of the piece, I had to incorporate an American lexis, the use of Americanisms was essential to the piece, words such as “7/11” and “CBS”. Also the language had to be very simple English, and didn’t need many complex words. This is because of the wide range of people who would read the leaflet. They will all be from different educational backgrounds. The Americanisms may be harder to understand for the secondary audience.

The use of taboo language on the front of the poster is used as a “shock tactic” to grab the readers’ attention. It is also meant to be humorous. It is not meant to offend anyone, just make a mockery of the subject involved.

The grammar of the piece didn’t really need to be complex. The use of the adjective “our” is used quite often as this is a feature of American grammar, the use of speech marks are also used to indicate sarcasm.

The most obvious feature to do with pragmatics of this piece is that it assumes that the reader will not be offended and will be a liberal person. And also that the writer is completely against bush and that all the facts which are mentioned are true statements.

The earlier draft of this piece didn’t particularly read like it was for an American audience. It was also more of an amateur piece of writing, and as I was trying to change someone’s political view, the writing could not be amateur. And a stronger political voice within the writing was needed.

english essay

poster

bushisms

READ OUR MESSAGE FROM CLOSE OR FAR, THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME

Since he was put into the office in 2000 he has caused so many irreparable things that the world will never trust America ever again. The “coalition of the willing” spends $1’000’000’000 a week on invading a country which has been manipulated just as easily as America has been. We invaded this country because they supposedly had something to do with 9/11, but now that’s not the case, for some reason we have convinced these Iraqi’s that we are there to protect them! So there are soldiers walking up and down their sidewalks with M4 rifles 24/7. This whole large scale war is all about OIL!! You see Americas oil supply is running out, so we need to pick on other countries so that oil barons don’t lose there billions and have to get a hard labour job.

It is highly unlikely that this man has ever won a presidential election. Both times that he has “won” the election, the deciding vote has come from the state of Florida. Conveniently his brother Ged is the governor of this state. Hmmmmm… makes you think doesn’t it! Also it would please me if you could take a little time to look at the 40 reasons to hate Bush page at the back of this leaflet. Or check out http://www.punkvoter.com to look at a whole bunch of reasons to hate Bush!!

The Bush Campaign of Terror (T.B.C.O.T)

The T.B.C.O.T all started when the first plane hit the first tower on September 11^th 2001. Bush must have thought “right, here we go”. From that day on he ordered news programs, magazine articles, newspaper articles, radio interviews to all talk about of these “people” were trying to kill us. The whole of our country, caught up in a media frenzy went out and bought guns, knives, big spoons, what ever will protect us from the potential terrorist who is going to burst into our house and kill all our family. T.B.C.O.T allowed George Bush to convince not just our country, but many countries all over the world that this war that he is waging is O.K. Broadcasts about the terrorists where played on every T.V screen in homes, bars, workplaces and 7/11’s. We were scared, scared out of our wits. So the one person we turned to for help? The one person that could bomb all of these people for us? George W. Bush!! Perfect isn’t it!

George W. Laden

Mr. Bush was extremely good friends with Osama Bin Laden. So much so that he allowed him and his brothers to have C.I.A training in America. Why is it that this gigantic terrorist threat is allowed to have C.I.A training? Why not give the training to someone who will help fight in “the war against terror”. Then when the planes did crash into the towers, all flights were stopped. Except for two. The first was George Bush’s flight back to Washington, and the second was the flight which the bin ladens were on. When Osama gets back to Afghanistan and turns on the box, he watches his old buddy George Bush accusing him of bombing the country!! No wonder Osama looks so pissed on them Al Jazeera T.V clips!! I am sure that if you looked at one of them Al Jazeera video clips, and translated it privately without and government official there Osama’s words would translate to “dude I left my socks at your house George and its really cold in this cave where I’m hiding because your trying to kill me, so can you please air mail them me back please. Thanks pal!!” But George will twist is and show it on T.V, and the translation we will get will be “YOU BASTARDS, ILL KILL YOU ALL, DIE YOU STUPID BASTARDS!! I WILL BOMB YOU!!! JUST DIE!!!! P.S TELL YOUR FAMILY I WILL KILL THEM TO!!! DIE INFIDEL!!!!!!!”

By the way Osama Bin Laden is on a dialysis machine, which looks something like this;

READ OUR MESSAGE FROM CLOSE OR FAR, THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME

It is highly unlikely that this man has ever won a presidential election. Both times that he has “won” the election, the deciding vote has come from the state of Florida. Conveniently his brother Jeb is the governor of this state. Hmmmmm… makes you think doesn’t it! Also it would please me if you could take a little time to look at the 40 reasons to hate Bush page at the back of this leaflet. Or check out http://www.punkvoter.com to look at a whole bunch of reasons to hate Bush!!

The Bush Campaign of Terror (T.B.C.O.T)

The T.B.C.O.T all started when the first plane hit the first tower on September 11^th 2001. Bush must have thought “right, here we go”. From that day on he ordered news programs, magazine articles, newspaper articles, radio interviews to all talk about these “people” who were trying to kill us. The whole of our country, caught up in a media frenzy went out and bought guns, knives, big spoons, what ever will protect us from the potential terrorist who is going to burst into our house and kill all our family. T.B.C.O.T allowed George Bush to convince not just our country, but many countries all over the world that this war that he is waging is O.K. Broadcasts about the terrorists where played on every T.V screen in homes, bars, workplaces and 7/11’s. We were scared, scared out of our wits. So the one person we turned to for help? The one person that could bomb all of these people for us? George W. Bush!! Perfect isn’t it?

George W. Laden

Mr. Bush was extremely good friends with Osama Bin Laden. So much so that he allowed him and his brothers to have C.I.A training in America. Why is it that this gigantic terrorist threat is allowed to have C.I.A training? Why not give the training to someone who will help fight in “the war against terror”. Then when the planes did crash into the towers, all flights were stopped. Except for two. The first was George Bush’s flight back to Washington, and the second was the flight which the Bin Ladens were on. When Osama gets back to Afghanistan and turns on the box, he watches his old buddy George Bush accusing him of bombing the country!! No wonder Osama looks so pissed on them Al Jazeera T.V clips!! I am sure that if you looked at one of them Al Jazeera video clips, and translated it privately without and government official there Osama’s words would translate to “dude I left my socks at your house George and its really cold in this cave where I’m hiding because your trying to kill me, so can you please air mail them me back please. Thanks pal!!” But George will twist is and show it on T.V, and the translation we will get will be;

“YOU BASTARDS, ILL KILL YOU ALL, DIE YOU STUPID BASTARDS!! I WILL BOMB YOU!!! JUST DIE!!!! P.S TELL YOUR FAMILY I WILL KILL THEM TO!!! DIE INFIDEL!!!!!!!”

By the way Osama Bin Laden is on a dialysis machine, which looks something like this;

How is someone supposed to run away from our troops through gravelly caves attached to this?? He needs this to live because his kidney doesn’t work. I’m not saying that Osama isn’t a threat to our country but I am saying that it probably isn’t him that George is chasing around Afghanistan’s deep caves. If they were really looking for him then surely they would find him close to one of the few plug sockets in Iraq.

The lets look at all the stuff you buy including your library books, groceries and porn act (a.k.a. the patriot act)

Let’s face it whether it’s a library book, cucumber, a thanksgiving turkey, or a blow up doll! We don’t want people looking at what we can buy. But the patriot act does allow this. Just to make sure that you’re not a terrorist. I mean if you’re a terrorist your probably going to go to the library, get a book out on “how to destroy America” and then go to the local porn shop and rent out “big and bouncy” just before you go to the grocery store and buy a lettuce which you might be able to change into some sort of explosive device?

Also this act states (although it is somewhere near the back) that the authorities can enter your house when your not in, search through all your stuff and never tell you that they have been there!!! Do you want this for your country?

So if you can’t find your copy of big and bouncy then the F.B.I have probably come and confiscated it. Now come on!! Even the less educated of us can see that this is wrong!! And it saddens me to say that “YES, THE HIPPIES WERE RIGHT!! THEY ARE SPYING ON US!!!!!!”

The way George Bush handled the total destruction of New Orleans shows that he doesn’t give a shit!!!!

I adopt a serious tone now because as we all know, thousands of people died because of the commander in chiefs’ slow reaction to this devastating natural disaster. After reading an article in the New York Times the other day I saw comments on a speech that George had spoken a few days ago. The times quoted “Nothing about the President's demeanor yesterday - which seemed casual to the point of carelessness - suggested that he understood the depth of the current crisis” After this speech thousands criticized his administration, and a few more people finally thought “God this guy is a complete and utter disaster for this country” People died in New Orleans because of the lack of military attention. Where are all the military I ask? In Iraq!!!! Fighting a war which is only for George Bush’s personal financial gain. So instead of saving the lives of innocent Americans, he lets the innocent Americans die, and kills off a bunch of innocent Iraqi’s at the same time as well!! Well that’s just great isn’t it!!

We have an idiot for a president

Maybe he can get other people to run our country for us, maybe he can get people to write some speeches for him. Maybe he could give us a television appearance on Barney & Friends, with people closer to his intellectual ability! But he isn’t going to fool anyone now is he, he is dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb and there’s nothing else to say about this depleted personality that the commander in chief has. So I decided to have a browse through the internet, and from CNN, CBS, The New York Times and The Washington Post, I have found a rather large amount of what have now been labeled “Bushisms”. I couldn’t possibly note them all down for you, but here are some of the ones which I found particularly amusing;

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."— Aug. 5, 2004

"We thought we were protected forever from trade policy or terrorist attacks because oceans protected us."— Nov. 7, 2004

"I believe that, as quickly as possible, young cows ought to be allowed to go across our border."— Nov. 30, 2004

"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."—Feb. 23, 2005

"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." —April 14, 2005

"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge." —April 20, 2005

"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."—April 28, 2005

"But Iraq has and have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future." —April 28, 2005

"My thoughts are, we're going to get somebody who knows what they're talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities."—On how the rebuilding of New Orleans might commence, Sept. 2, 2005

"I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause) Internets that we're going to have a draft." – Oct 8, 2004

"Wow! Brazil is big." – Nov 7, 2005

"I understand small business growth. I was one." – Feb 19, 2000

This is a poem I found on several websites, including http://www.snopes.com and http://www.wikipedia.org It is made up entirely from “bushisms”

It is buy a satirical writer from the Washington Post called Richard Thompson

Make the Pie Higher

I think we all agree, the past is over.

This is still a dangerous world.

It's a world of madmen and uncertainty

and potential mental losses.

Rarely is the question asked

Is our children learning?

Will the highways of the Internet become more few?

How many hands have I shaked?

They misunderestimate me.

I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.

I know that the human being and the fish can coexist.

Families is where our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream.

Put food on your family!

Knock down the tollbooth!

Vulcanize society!Make the pie higher! Make the pie higher!

Final Word………..

Thank you for taking the time to read this leaflet, I hope this has given you some insight into what we have running our country, and I hope when the next election comes round you don’t vote for his Brother Jeb. Vote for the other candidate, even if it’s a Llama, because a Llama could run our country better than any member of the Bush family. And if this has really influenced you then please do what ever you feel is right to get the bush family out of American politics.

Finally I leave you with various pictures which are posted across the internet, which are done by our fellow Americans, just to show you that if after reading this, you hate Bush, you’re not alone. There is also the 40 reasons to hate bush flyer courtesy of http://www.punkvoter.com this is downloadable on the website if you want to use the flyer yourself. Thanks for reading…………….

Mark Harrison