George does it again
May 19th, 2009 | Published in Uncategorized
I’m not sure that all things are related, but then I’m not sure that they’re not either – I suspect that the 8 years of hellish Bush time affected far more deeply than was first imagined – I don’t think a shrug of the shoulders can make it better, brushing it under the carpet is just not an option. If you consider all the outwardly, known crappy shit they pulled added with the ever increasing pile of unknown crap they pulled it permeates an entire country in an insidious way – without people being aware of it I think, or not knowingly aware of it.
Wars waged, Lies and religion intertwined, laws broken, torture and secret prisons, collapse of the housing market, collapse of the banking system, undermining of the real thread of American life, oil Co’s running amok with cash, non green policies, stupid draconian laws written in, civil liberties eroded, the list goes and on and on – if you were to read all this stuff out of context you’d be sure you were reading about some kind of dictatorial banana republic in south America somewhere, but you’d be wrong – you’d be talking about the U.S.
You’d forget somewhere along the line that this is the country that has touted itself as the greatest country on the planet – which I personally always thought was a stupid thing to do, that sort of delusional self confidence can only lead to disaster because it suggests you never have to self review, you never have to be introspective, you never question your own arrogance, which leaves room for exactly what just happened to happen. I’m not saying America ain’t great, I love it, but I love lots of places and I don’t rate them on a scale of 1 – 10 because all things are different and I’d feel uncomfortable about putting a label like that on.
I particularly enjoyed reading this article today – “Rumsfeld the evil”- touting passages from the bible in his reports to Bush – I mean what fucking century are we living in? Or were we living in – or were they living in – pass me the gun Eva I’m headed to the bunker.
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