George Bush is going to go down in history as the
President Who Destroyed America
Oh sure, there were problems before he ever took
office. Every nation
has problems. But in the year 2000, the USA was
at a fairly high
point. The economy was growing. Science was
moving forward.
International relations were fairly good. The future
looked bright.
And then, an election was rigged, and a "President"
who was never
properly elected took office.
We all know how all the different stories about
inappropriate election
practices during the 2004 election. The cheating.
The manipulation
of the polls. The fact that people from largely
Democrat demographics
were prevented from voting. If you don't know about
all this stuff...
then you weren't paying attention. We also know
that the 2000
elections were bullshit. But it's too late for that.
We got the
chimpanzee in the Oval Office, and we've got to deal
with him. Too
bad the War-Monger president, who doesn't even
know HOW to run a war
in the first place, also doesn't know how to run a
country. The
disaster on September 11th, 2001 was handled very
well... not by Bush,
but by Rudy, the esteemed former mayor of NYC.
The only reaction from
Bush to the whole fiasco: LET'S GO TO WAR!
But... that's in the
past. What about now?
Our country is already hurting financially because of
the actions of
our "president", or inactions, as the case might be.
Our
international relations are shot to hell -
EVERYBODY hates us. The
education system is hurting. Our entire economy is
likely to fall
into recession, if not an actual depression to rival
the crash of the
1920s. The average citizen can't even afford
gasoline - but if we'd
invested in cars that used non-petroleum fuel
sources (a technology
we've had for a couple of decades but never
developed) we wouldn't
have this problem in the first place! (Hmm, does
anyone else detect a
connection between the oil companies, the
government who funds
research, and the car companies?) The progress of
the scientific
community is being thwarted by Chimp-Boy's
religious convictions. Bush
was too busy "stopping the fags from destroying our
nation" to bother
running the nation. I wonder how much money went
into his "Protect
Marriage" campaign. How much money and
resources have been spent on a
war overseas, when our own infrastructure needs
desperate help? DID
YOU KNOW that Bush wanted to implement a
universal health-care system
in Iraq , funded by our own tax dollars, when we don't
even have
universal health care here? I don't have health
coverage, but MY MONEY
is going to help give medical care to some Iraqi.
THIS IS BULLSHIT!
Now, not all of these things fall solely on the
shoulders of George W.
Bush. It's his entire pathetic administration, but he's
the man with
the final say. He's the guy who was given all sorts of
extra powers of
authority by the Patriot Act. He's the idiot leading
the pack. I'm
sorry, "leading" was the wrong word. Leadership is a
quality he
doesn't have.
Let's look at the situation we have right now. Our
National Guard is
overseas when we need them at home. Yes, they're
calling them back
home now, but they should have been here in the
first place. People
are dying, in America , of dehydration, hunger, and
disease, because we
took too long to respond to an emergency. The US
Army can drop a bomb
with pinpoint precision overseas within an hour of
receiving the
mission, and they're telling me it took our leaders
THREE FUCKING DAYS
to drop food and water on our own soil? MORE
BULLSHIT! American
citizens are dying, on American soil. Oh sure, the
"president" went
to visit the poor victims, and he hugged women and
girls for the
camera, and shook people's hands... what a
wonderful photo opportunity
it must have been. But when he climbed aboard his
helicopter to fly
to the disaster area, did he even bother to think of
loading a couple
of extra crates of water, and maybe some food, for
the victims? I'm
sure there was space. And it may not have helped
everybody, but to
the family that would have received those supplies,
it could mean the
difference between life and death. Compassionate-
conservativism, my
fucking ass.
This whole disaster-relief operation is a textbook
example of "too
little, too late." It's a textbook example of SHITTY
LEADERSHIP. All
the way from the bottom up. For the first 24 hours,
the mayor of New
Orleans told people he had it under control, and
they didn't need
help. Two days later, he's screaming and swearing
at people for not
coming sooner. What? Did he think the National
Guard just shows up on
its own? You have to ask! We, the soldiers of the
Reserves and
Guard, don't sit in our unit headquarters, watching
CNN, and say, "Oh
look! A disaster! Let's go!" WE CAN'T. We have to
have orders. We
need authorization. And we need to be requested.
And then, what about
the governor of Louisiana ? Have we even heard
anything from her? She
should have realized that the mayor of New Orleans
wasn't seeing the
situation clearly, and acted. But no. And then
there's the
"president." WHAT THE FUCK? There has been a
failure in EVERY level
of our civilian chain of command. And then there's
FEMA. Don't even
get me started. They're running a logistical
nightmare. Yes,
communications are down, but they knew that
would happen! They were
supposed to have been planning for this for years!
The people of that
organization are paid dearly, specifically to be ready
in case of an
emergency. And then, the emergency happens,
and it all falls to hell.
The Army can go in, and within 24 hours, we could
have had food and
water and medical facilities on the ground, IF we
had been
requested... but we weren't, until it was too late, and
people were
already dead and dying of preventable causes.
50,000 people were
stranded in a convention center, and FEMA didn't
know ANYTHING about
them until four days after the storm. They would
have known all about
it if they'd just turned on the television, because
apparently CNN has
better information than the people who are supposed
to handle the
disaster. This is pitiful, and inexcusable.
Opportunities have been wasted, resources have
been poorly used.
Every vehicle going into that region, whether
traveling by land, air,
or sea, should be carrying food, water, clothing,
medicine, and other
supplies in, and carrying people out. It doesn't
matter if they can
only fit a little bit on a helicopter. If a helicopter is
going to
pick up medical evacuees, they have room in their
cargo hold to carry
supplies in, before picking up the patient. Who the
fuck was running
the logistics here, and did we check to make sure
they'd at least
graduated kindergarten before hiring them? Things
only started to work
when the Army took over (thank God for General
Honore), and I'm sure
they're going to need much more help before it's
over. I'm a qualified
officer in the Army Engineer Corps. SEND ME,
DAMN IT! I'm sitting
here, making LJ entries, when I should be helping to
save lives! I'm
going insane, wanting to do something!
To finish off, I'd like to address Mr. George W.
Chimpanzee Bush, the
President Who Destroyed America:
Your citizens are dying, and I personally hold you
responsible for
their lives. As the president, you are a public
servant, NOT a king.
Your job is to serve the people of the United States
of America and to
uphold the Constitution, not to preach your Biblical
beliefs and to
play golf. I'm sorry the hurricane disrupted your
vacation. It must
be awful for you, but I assure you, it's far worse for
the victims.
Today, you addressed the nation, and admitted that
you made some
mistakes - that everyone involved in the relief effort
made some
mistakes. That's not good enough. Apologies won't
bring back the
people who died needlessly. As the highest
authority in the land, you
can't afford those sorts of mistakes. "Oops!" is not
an answer. You
were supposed to do something, but you didn't until
it was too late
for many of them, and more are going to die. Their
blood is on your
hands. There are still people living in filth, sleeping
in the
streets, crowded into crumbling buildings, stranded
on rooftops,
dehydrated, sick, dying, and desperate for just a
bottle of water and
a bit of food. These are American citizens - your
highest priority...
but you are incapable of understanding their
suffering because you've
been so sheltered all your life, you can't even
comprehend the
sensations of true hunger, thirst, or desperation.
You've never had
to worry about your next meal, or of having a roof
over your head.
And when you left New Orleans , after hugging a few
people while
surrounded by cameras, and you flew back to
Washington , DC in the
comfort of your helicopter, WHAT DID YOU HAVE
FOR DINNER? I'll bet it
was delicious, wasn't it?
Oh, and by the way, how much money are you
going to donate to the
victims of the hurricane, Mr. Bush? How much
money is going to come
out of your personal bank account? You're
independantly wealthy, and
could live comfortably on JUST the pension from
your presidency for
the rest of your life. Children are giving their lunch
money. What are
you going to give? How much do you really love
America ?
The American people don't want your lies, excuses,
and apologies
anymore. How many mistakes can you make before
you stop making them?
How many more people have to die for your
stupidity? Should we just
wait for the next major disaster to strike, just in
case you do better
next time? We don't want a "next time", Mr. Bush.
We don't want your
promises of a better tomorrow. We want your
resignation.
~Michelle J. d'Entremont
2LT, US Army Reserves,
Engineer Corps
(I have no fear of publicly using my name for this.
Pass it on.
These are my words, and I stand behind them with
my name, rank, and
convictions. And if it ends up on CNN, with my
name, and Bush reads
it, even better.)
http://www.GranniesAgainstGeorge.us
From: Hank Roth <socrates@inyourface.info>
Subject: [fightback] Army Reserve Lieutenant: The President who destroyed America
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