Just wanted to write a quick note at the end of our President's time in office. A little thank you note.
W.-
Thanks for keeping us safe from another attack, I was sure we would have another something happen after 9/11. I'm sure the people under Sadam appreciate not being killed by their evil dictator anymore too. I'm sure that that jerk who throw his shoes at you secretly appreciated the fact that he wasn't instantly taken out and hung for committing such an act. It is a bit ironic.
I know that in the future, when the ridiculous hatred towards you has been purged and the ever negative, radical, conspiracy theorist, confused, whiny, paranoid and bitter feelings have had time to fade and such people find something new to complain about or have had to face the fact that other things/people affect our world besides you, then you will be seen as a decent President and man. You have not been a failure and disgrace, you have done much good. I know that your keeping the country safe will be seen as a huge accomplishment by historians. I could care less what some of the other countries of the world think and I'm glad you didn't allow them to dictate what we do here.
I appreciate that you weren't afraid to make tough choices that you knew some people wouldn't like. You did what you thought was best for us. Thanks for pouring water down KSM's nose, thanks for listening to phone calls that caused suspicion, thanks for not giving terrorists and any random person in this world trying to kill others the same rights, protection and freedom that we law abiding citizens of the U.S. enjoy. Thanks for not caring what the media or crazed bloggers say and write about you but doing what you thought was necessary. The disapproval of such people/outlets has only increased my appreciation and belief that you're doing something right.
Thanks for trying to help stop the craziness in the home mortgage industry. All efforts to stop the nonsense of no money down and low interest loans were shot down and you were told you were against affordable housing. You were told there wasn't a problem. Now you're blamed for the problem by those like Barney Frank who created it, but I know it wasn't your fault. I know that there are many issues we are dealing with as a country that are not your fault, even though everyone else tries to convince me otherwise. To accept the idea that people are responsible for themselves, for their own choices and consequences, is to be in the minority.
To sum up, G.W., thanks for keeping it real and keeping me safe. I don't mind the way you talk even if sometimes it didn't sound like a Harvard professor. I don't care that you said 'use the google', or whatever it was. That was good times. I know that your actions are what counts and you've done good in this world that is appreciated.
I saw an article on MSN today about the good you've done in Africa against AIDS. This must truly be an impressive thing you've done to get MSN to stop the bashing and hateful obituary writing they and most other media here are looking to run up until the moment you leave for Texas. Thanks for the ignored good you did there, I'm sure the people actually living there appreciate it too. So keep your head up and go enjoy some well deserved R&R.
Your Friend,
C
Thoughts in closing:
Our country has changed and will now continue as a place filled with people blaming others for their own problems and looking to the government to be their babysitter. More and more people will learn and accept the idea that the government should do everything for you. Future President Obama in his recent speech said that the government is the only thing able to fix our problems. He is the anti-Regan, who said that the government was the problem, not the solution. And our country has evolved to accept and crave this new President's view of the government. People thought Bush had too much power? hmm, so the answer is to give the next one even more?
In our time of wealth and growth we have learned to take everything for granted, to always expect that what we want will be provided for us. We've evolved into a gluttonous place where humans are actually trampled to death by other people trying to buy a flat screen TV- and further into a country where these same people take their new TV home, clean the blood off to watch a movie and complain the whole time about how hard their life is and that they need help from the government.
We have seen money spent at an insane rate in recent months to avoid the inevitable consequences of the mess we've made of our businesses and economy. Businesses expect to be provided with what they need to continue to live, even if it is continuing an unsustainable and lame business model, and many have been given money. Obama promises to give about $1 trillion more despite it being unclear whether the money used thus far is going to do anything. I fear things will only be made worse and our problems postponed.
Our government has become a group of inbred career politicians, and we've just given a single party the power to do almost anything they want. It should be interesting, I just hope that when it comes time for questions or criticisms that there will be people willing to step up. Bush cannot be blamed forever.
2 comments:
I will join the bet that W. won't be ranked near the bottom 20 years from how. We went from a Prez who focus-grouped every move to one who did what he thought right and ignored the complainers. It will be interesting to see what his successor does. So far, it appears his changes will be much less radical than I suspect many of his supporters had hoped -- which makes him much less scary that the rest of us might have feared. Now if he'll just resist the temptation to turn the recession into a depression!
I, too, feel bad for Bush and believe that he always did what he thought was right, despite the flak he got for doing so. I hope he's vindicated someday.
And could I just say, terrorism gets a little scarier when there were TWO plots against the building you were working in (on the fourth-from-the-top floor) at the time? We may have Bush to thank that I didn't die in the Library (now U.S. Bank) Tower.
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