Via Justin, I just learned that in a visit to the Caterpillar factory in Peoria, Illinois, President Bush got behind the controls of a giant tractor and literally tried to run over the press corps! The full story is here:

Wearing a pair of stylish safety glasses--at least more stylish than most safety glasses--Bush got a mini-tour of the factory before delivering remarks on the economy. "I would suggest moving back," Bush said as he climbed into the cab of a massive D-10 tractor. "I'm about to crank this sucker up." As the engine roared to life, White House staffers tried to steer the press corps to safety, but when the tractor lurched forward, they too were forced to scramble for safety."Get out of the way!" a news photographer yelled. "I think he might run us over!" said another. White House aides tried to herd the reporters the right way without getting run over themselves. Even the Secret Service got involved, as one agent began yelling at reporters to get clear of the tractor. Watching the chaos below, Bush looked out the tractor's window and laughed, steering the massive machine into the spot where most of the press corps had been positioned.

Lest anyone think this is made-up satire, here's a picture of the grotesque event!

On a number of occasions I have criticized those who tried to warn us that the eliminationist rhetoric by Bush and his pseudofascist lackeys would eventually escalate into the real thing.

I now have to admit that it looks like they were right. As I have pointed out before, the Caterpillar is not merely a symbol of great evil, but it is a monstrous creation made by the Great Satan and used by the Little Satan to massacre innocent peace-loving protesters like Rachel Corrie!

And Bush has made it perfectly clear that we are all Rachel Corrie now!

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"

-- Mario Savio

Like Rachel Corrie, Mario Savio is no longer with us. And we're in the final countdown stage, folks!

Who can stop Bush's fascist machine before it's too late?

Is Cindy Sheehan the only American with the courage it will take to put her body on the line?

MORE: Tim Blair's commenters are enjoying what can only be called a Rachel Corrie jokefest! Plus, they note that the President was doing 2.5 miles per hour during the murderous joy ride!

It's chilling, I tell you!

We don't have long to live.

AND MORE: Here at last is what the U.S. press is too frightened (for obvious reasons) to show you -- an authentic reproduction of a true photograph of typical Bush Caterpillar carnage:

I'm telling you, this is real! And if it isn't, it might as well be, because it's exactly what Bush wants to do to the press corps.

What will it take to wake America up?

UPDATE (02/03/07): Asking whether it represents an "escalation" of what he calls "bumpersticker wars," Glenn Reynolds links to this:

While you can?

Under the circumstances, I think this constitutes retaliatory eliminationist rhetoric against laughing caterpillar monkeys.

Since when is it OK to laugh at the plight of the endangered?

And how would they like it if someone made fun of their caterpillar? (To say nothing of an undernourished caterpillar....)