Bush Poem
That super creepy poem praising President Bush? The Leader? The thing Ceinna posted yesterday in SLOG? Apparently it was published in school text books in… Pakistan.
The Education Ministry said the poem “The Leader” was unacceptable as it had been downloaded from the Internet and was anonymous.
Downloaded from the Internet and authored by Anonymous—those are the least of the poem’s problems…
That explanation: Authored by nobody in particular and downloaded from the nebulous, anonymous internet, would seem to conveniently end all inquiries about whether or not this was part of the unpopular "enlightened moderation" program whereby the U.S. pays Pakistan to disseminate educational materials with a pro-Western slant.
"Nope, it's just a coincidence that the poem being used to introduce students to English poetry is an acrostic praising the boundless virtues of President Bush. It, uh, came up first on a Google search for poetry."
Alternate, non-conspiratorial explanation: It was placed in textbooks by a smartass grad student with a keen sense of irony.