Neil Bush joins Chinese Communist Party!

[Lenina Rosenweg]

China's latest online sensation is a Bush, but perhaps surprisingly, it's neither the 41st or the 43rd President of the US. In fact, Neil Bush, the younger brother of 43 and the son of 41 has become an online sensation in China after posting a joke photo on China's version of twitter.


Neil Bush was virtually unknown in China a week ago, despite being co-chairman of Beijing-based real estate company, CIIC.


Weibo
Neil Bush in a picture he posted on Weibo.
He opened an account on China's vibrant micro-blogging platform, Weibo, back in August 2011 by introducing himself in Chinese, as "the unpolitical member of a very political American family."

Now his microblog has become a hot political topic inside China, after he posted a photo of himself wearing a Communist-style green cap with a red star. Slung across his chest is a bag emblazoned with Chairman Mao's slogan "Serve the People", and he's holding a mug featuring Chairman Mao.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/08/29/160258678/with-photo-and-a-joke-neil-bush-becomes-internet-sensation-in-china

[Ostrinski]

I approve of this development.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

But others expressed concern about the tastefulness of the photo, drawing parallels to dressing up in Nazi-era uniform.

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Seriously?

[Sheepy]

Well this certainly made my morning.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Co-chairman of a real estate company wears some Maoist apparel.

Would it be any different if Richard Branson wore a Che Guevara t-shirt?

[Igor]

Co-chairman of a real estate company wears some Maoist apparel.

Would it be any different if Richard Branson wore a Che Guevara t-shirt?

well Maoist apparel isn't exactly as mainstream as a Che shirt.

[citizen of industry]

You can get a Mao hat anywhere, especially in Asia. I can get on the train and buy one for less than 3 bucks in about 20 minutes. Same with the haversack. Know exactly where to go and I'm not even in China. Corporate executive pulls PR stunt.

[Igor]

You can get a Mao hat anywhere, especially in Asia. I can get on the train and buy one for less than 3 bucks in about 20 minutes. Same with the haversack. Know exactly where to go and I'm not even in China. Corporate executive pulls PR stunt.

yeah but the point anyways isn't "hey look these guys are progressive" but more like "hey look at this tool they have no idea what they're doing". it's more fun with mao outfit because seriously even if you can get one easily it's a lot more of a statement than che shirt

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Jay-Z wore a Mao t-shirt in a music vid. It has very little to do with being progressive in any way, especially if the chairman of a big corporation is wearing Mao apparel.

[Igor]

Jay-Z wore a Mao t-shirt in a music vid. It has very little to do with being progressive in any way, especially if the chairman of a big corporation is wearing Mao apparel.

and that's why i said the very point was that this is relevant because it's funny how these guys are making total tools out of themselves with these stunts, not because they might be secret commies. i don't think anyone was thinking they'd be anything but ruling class knobs here.

[ed miliband]

my mum used to wear a t-shirt with a picture of mao (the andy warhol screenprint one) when i was a kid. i remember asking her "but isn't he a bad guy?"

[Os Cangaceiros]

Mike Tyson has a pretty sweet Mao tattoo.

[Igor]

Mike Tyson has a pretty sweet Mao tattoo.

Mike Tyson is kinda altogether different deal than Neil Bush though. You have a guy who's actually from pretty poor conditions and grew up in Bed-Stuy with a working single mom and you have, well, Neil Bush. He didn't exactly go through too much of that.

[ed miliband]

"I felt really insignificant next to Chairman Mao's remains," he was quoted by a Chinese daily as saying.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4871610.stm

[ed miliband]

lol:



Details: What’s the story behind your Mao tattoo?
Mike Tyson: I read his book when I was in prison, man. Down in the hole. They thought they were punishing me in that little room—no toilet, no bed. I got myself put down there so I could read Chairman Mao and not have to deal with all that prison bullshit. The thing that stuck from his Quotations book: “No investigation, no right to speak.” If you aren’t going to look deep, just shut up.
Details: And the one of Che Guevara?
Mike Tyson: You know, physically, he was just a pussy. He walked into this room, people would think he’s a wimp. He can’t kick no one’s ass. But his intensity, his tenacity. Wow, it’s like: What kind of guy is this? He was a doctor, man. He was a wimp. And then he’s a killer? A revolutionary. He got turned out! But they got him. They got him good. And when that guy came to shoot him? The guy respected him, and he hesitated. Che said, “You gonna shoot me? C’mon, shoot me, you fucking pussy.”


http://www.iknowtheledge.com/sports/mike-tyson-gq-interview

[Os Cangaceiros]

"Shoot me, you fucking pussy" are truly words to live by, I'm suprised I haven't seen that surely authentic quote in any revlefter's signature. :lol:

re: Neil Bush. I'm pretty sure Neil Bush is the blacksheep of the Bush dynasty, although there isn't much dirt on his Wiki page, just something about him contracting STD's from banging too many hookers in Hong Kong and Thailand. (and his wife trying to get revenge by putting a voodoo curse on him)

[Igor]

re: Neil Bush. I'm pretty sure Neil Bush is the blacksheep of the Bush dynasty, although there isn't much dirt on his Wiki page, just something about him contracting STD's from banging too many hookers in Hong Kong and Thailand. (and his wife trying to get revenge by putting a voodoo curse on him)

black sheep or not, none of this is really making him look less like a rich tool though

[Prometeo liberado]

you need to know how to be corrupt and how to take bribes, how to rape young girls and how to cheat and hurt ordinary people[/B]. These are not things that ordinary people can do. Can you do that?"]

Hmm, I highly doubt that someone of the Bush pedigree would have much of a problem with this. Pretty sure.

[Os Cangaceiros]

black sheep or not, none of this is really making him look less like a rich tool though

He is definitely a rich tool. I don't think anyone ever denied that.

[Robocommie]

This would be a real development, a wealthy businessman from the West being involved with the Chinese Communist Party.

:p