[LEMONS]


6.26.2002

And Now, I Shall Hate on Bush

I haven't been overly critical of Bush these last few months. And for that, I apologize. I do have my reasons, mainly I have been avoiding the news as it makes me shudder. That, combined with my feelings of political disenfranchisement following the stolen election of 2000 (first from McCain, cleary the candidate of the people, via dirty tricks, and then from Gore, via his father's appointees), have led me to back away, somewhat, from the political realm.

But today, I have returned. So let's review Dubya's performance, to date, shall we?

• The economy has plunged into a tailspin. This predates 09/11, although that certainly exacerbated it. We have a massive trade deficit, laregely due to Bush's cronies our dependance on foreign oil. Accounting scandals continue to pile up, decimating invetor confidence, and Bush in turn does nothing to ensure the scandals won't repeat themselves.
  
  The Bush administration seems utterly clueless as to how to fix things. Worse, they do not even appear to be trying. Could it be due to the fact that many of those involved with the scandals are the same individuals who put Bush into power? Could it be that he's in way over his head? I don't know.
  
  
• The War on Terrorism has become a disaster. Aside from smashing up the Taliban in Afghanistan (which was child's play for our military. The problem with Afghanistan was always holding it, never conquering it.), the administration has accomplished exactly nothing. New alerts and warnings terrify the populace on a regular basis. Advisors inspire no confidence. Our civil liberties are being trampled, and to what end? For we already had the information that could have prevented the attacks. Why, then, must we renounce our rights?
  
  And despite the months of military action. Somewhere. Out there. Osama squats in the desert. Pissed off and planning.
  
  
• Speaking of Osama, the Middle East has never been so volatile. This is largely due to the Bush doctrine, which hold that you can go in and fuck with another counry's shit if you can point to terrorists operating within its borders. Israel and Palestine threaten to throw the entire region into war. India and Pakistan, meanwhile, threaten to destroy all of South Asia.
  
  
• Global warming, and its effects are destroying the planet. Still, Nero fiddles.

No matter how you gauge him, Bush is a failure. His only accomplishments have been to throw us further into chaos and ruin. I never thought I'd say these things: I miss Clinton. Thank God for Colin Powell.

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