The Legacy of a Fool...
George Bush is a blithering blathering idiot. And when a democratic majority of this nation elected a blithering blathering idiot President of the United States, this is what it (and unfortunately the rest of us that didn't vote for him) got:
1. HEALTH CARE COSTS: UP 30% UNDER GEORGE BUSH.
2. FEDERAL DEFICIT: UP 300% UNDER GEORGE BUSH.
3. CRUDE OIL: UP 300% UNDER GEORGE BUSH.
4. MEDIUM HOUSE PRICE: UP 100% UNDER GEORGE BUSH.
Yes, all you Jesus Freak Republican, American Idiots out there, your blithering blathering idiot Republican President has destroyed your party. You are done! You are over! Republicanism/Conservatism is over. The conservative wave that began with Ronald Reagan has ended with George Bush. Your blithering blathering idiot President cannot blunder a war (that never should have been in the first place) and on top of that blunder a 13 trillion dollar economy for five years without real consequences...
Iraq
We should not be there now. We never should have invaded. Check my record! I have been saying this almost as long as Howard Dean has been saying it. A nation (Iraq) that allows improvised explosive devices to be set on the same roads every night -- unhindered: no one does anything about it except for our U.S. troops -- cannot be saved from itself. Cannot form a "democracy". Has no future except chaos, war, and bloodshed. Three years of war in Iraq, and a human being still cannot safely fly into the Baghdad airport then drive a car to the city of Baghdad. If U.S. troops leave now or U.S. troops leave 25 years from now, the result will be the same for Iraq. But if the U.S. leaves now, the result, for the U.S., will be:
1. ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS PER DAY SAVED (not deficit spent).
2. HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF U.S. LIVES SAVED.
The U.S. is a nation with a great past and maybe a chance for a great future. Ours is a nation where you can walk most streets without lawlessness, physical violence or government persecution. We have a nation where the average citizen endures only a statistically insignificant chance of being blown up by a bomb (or commandeered airplane) planted by a religious or political radical. A nation where, if/when a bombing or attack occurs, the response is swift, immediate and substantial. People march. Take up arms. Coalesce politically... Literally die to prevent such events from repeating. But, alas, Iraq is not such a country. And I'm really and truly very sorry about this, but no amount of troops or deficit spending can change that. Only Iraqis can! Saddam is gone! And it is way past time to undo this invasion -- this war that never should have been in the first place. And, quite frankly, to impeach the evil, lying, blithering, blathering idiot, George Bush, that lied our nation into it!
Prediction (OK, desire hoping against hope to become prophesy.)
The 2006 mid-term elections will begin a watershed in American politics. Stupidity, bad ideas and Carl Rove (e.g. gay marriage) diversionary tactics will not win a single election.
And THAT, my friends, was, is, and ever will be George Bush's legacy! The Legacy of a Fool.
Todd Ryder
Thursday, 8/11/2005