Three More Years!
It's the new year...2006. It's supposed to be cold and windy...just the sort of weather that surrounds crowds of people in front of the Capitol every four years when a new president is sworn in. Unfortunately, that cold day of change (or continuity) is three years away. After reflecting on that fact this morning, I thought, in a very introspective way, HOLY F-ING SHIT!
The fact that we have to deal with the current president for another three long years is truly awful. Our standing in the world hasn't been lower in a long time...matter of fact, when WAS the last time it was so bad? Torture, suspension of rights of our own citizens, wiretapping without authorization, kickbacks, investigation leaks...they've been written about ad nauseum for varying lenghts of time. In addition, I truly believe that the current president has the mental capacity of the little fish swimming in the little bowl in my living room. His overly simplistic approach to each and every situation, not to mention his first-grade level answers to each and every question I've ever heard him answer send shivers up my spine. If I hear that he spent his vacation clearing brush at the Crawford Ranch (the one he bought just before he became president) one more time, I'm gonna puke. (Can't he get a brush-clearer to do that stuff? Shouldn't he be clearing Africa of AIDS, the Middle East of terrorists?)
Rather than continuing to bemoan the fact that I'd put money on the Chinatown Chicken to beat Bush in a game of tic tac toe each and every time, I'll try to look forward and be positive. In short, can anything be done to calm my nerves and salvage the next three years, short of moving to Iceland? Here are a few suggestions:
1) Attempt to help the process in Israel and Palestine. As a lame duck, he's got nothing to lose at this point. Obviously, Sharon's health is a MAJOR issue now, but we'd help our standing as well as the standing of others if we got involved more that sending Condi to open a road.
2) Attempt to help the situation in Africa. Someone mentioned this in the Times the other day. Actually, didn't Bush propose a large initiative a few years ago? What happened to that?
3)Stop clinging to the insane notion that FISA somehow puts a crimp in the administration's ability to monitor phone calls.
4)Get rid of Vice. He's a bad influence.
The fact that we have to deal with the current president for another three long years is truly awful. Our standing in the world hasn't been lower in a long time...matter of fact, when WAS the last time it was so bad? Torture, suspension of rights of our own citizens, wiretapping without authorization, kickbacks, investigation leaks...they've been written about ad nauseum for varying lenghts of time. In addition, I truly believe that the current president has the mental capacity of the little fish swimming in the little bowl in my living room. His overly simplistic approach to each and every situation, not to mention his first-grade level answers to each and every question I've ever heard him answer send shivers up my spine. If I hear that he spent his vacation clearing brush at the Crawford Ranch (the one he bought just before he became president) one more time, I'm gonna puke. (Can't he get a brush-clearer to do that stuff? Shouldn't he be clearing Africa of AIDS, the Middle East of terrorists?)
Rather than continuing to bemoan the fact that I'd put money on the Chinatown Chicken to beat Bush in a game of tic tac toe each and every time, I'll try to look forward and be positive. In short, can anything be done to calm my nerves and salvage the next three years, short of moving to Iceland? Here are a few suggestions:
1) Attempt to help the process in Israel and Palestine. As a lame duck, he's got nothing to lose at this point. Obviously, Sharon's health is a MAJOR issue now, but we'd help our standing as well as the standing of others if we got involved more that sending Condi to open a road.
2) Attempt to help the situation in Africa. Someone mentioned this in the Times the other day. Actually, didn't Bush propose a large initiative a few years ago? What happened to that?
3)Stop clinging to the insane notion that FISA somehow puts a crimp in the administration's ability to monitor phone calls.
4)Get rid of Vice. He's a bad influence.
posted by mattguiney at 10:10 AM
2 Comments:
I think the brush-clearing thing is PR to promote an image of Bush as a hard-working, fit, down to earth guy who does his own yard work.
Obviously. What's scary is that his constant bike-riding, running, cowboy boot wearing, brush-clearing, simplistic talking approach to the most important and powerful job in the world is beyond belief. It is in line with the fact that he's successfully portrayed himself as a Washington outsider, a Texan, and a fighter when, in fact, he's a Yale/Harvard son of a president who skipped out on military service. The point is that these empty attempts to portray one thing when, in fact, the opposite is true, somehow continues to fool the American public. It's incredible and I'm tired of it...hence the post and subsequent ranting and raving.
Post a Comment
<< Home