Tariq ([info]delemphia) wrote,
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The State of the Bush

Tonight President Bush gave his State of the Union address. Let's recap:

1) He spoke only on terrorism and the war in Iraq. Mr. Bush, how about you address the most prominent domestic issue at hand...health care. Maybe he failed biology and doesn't know that if the middle and lower class Americans who fight his war (because lets face it, no one who makes more than $200k a year or is related to someone who does is fighting this war) can't stay healthy before you get them out on the battle field, you don't have an army anymore.

2) Bush says he has a plan for Iraq. This is bullshit, you know why...because he also said we're winning the war. Winning? We started this war with 90k troops, at the end of December we had 150k troops there, and now we have 130k there. The number of dead soldiers are over 2k now. So Mr. Bush, what exactly is winning to you? No wonder the Texas Rangers didn't win when you owned them!

3) He recognizes a family who's son died in Iraq. Points them out, gives them a standing ovation, and winks at them (yes, he really did). What didn't he mention? Cindy Sheehan (the mother of a soldier in Iraq that died, who's been protesting the war and Bush ever since) was present before the speech with an anti-war banner. They arrested before the speech started and said they were going to detain her for questioning for an hour...the exact length of Bush's speech. Mr. Bush, even though you don't like her, she gave just as much to this war as that other family did.

4) Bush says "American's are addicted to oil." Funny coming from a man who made his fortune off oil. That's like the executives of Phillip Morris or the Marlboro Man doing commercials about how Americans are unhealthy.

5) Bush says we can't be "isolationists." How exactly do you define "isolationists" Mr. Bush? Because since you've been in office we've lost every ally we've had (except Tony Blair and Guatemala). You also said we need to stop using oil from unstable parts of the world, basically the Middle-East. Well, oil is the only asset the Middle-East has. If you stop buying it from them you basically stop all need and communications with them. So what exactly are you saying? We need to stop all association with the Middle-East, but we can't issolate ourselves.

6) He called for a reinstatement of the Patriot Act (or as I like to call it, McCarthyism). This basically means the FBI will be able to track my LiveJournal for terrorism tips. I'm in favor of this, so I want you to know my name is Tariq Hamami. Now that they have an arab name, they'll read this page. So when they do, you can print this out and put it on the desk in the oval office for Mr. Bush will know I said "F**k you Mr. Bush, you totalitarian, money hungry, power grubbing, half-brained, hopefull impersonation of your father (because even George H.W. Bush had his good points, something good 'ol W has yet to find).

On a final note. Bush said we should be happy that majority of the world are living in Democratic states. He said Dictatorship breads terrorism. People who live in a Democracy are happier and "free-er." Well, Mr. Bush, mabye you never learned the definition of Democracy and Dictatorship. Dictatorship is not a dictator, its any government forced onto a group of people. A dictator is the person in charge of the dictatorhip. When you go into another country (let me just throw out an example here from the blue...um...Iraq!) and force them into a democracy, you are in fact creating a dictatorship. Now you may have elections for the leader (but come on, lets face it, we obviously don't even have elections here), but that elected leader is still a dictator because they are the head of a forced government. Americans want democracy because we chose it. Unfortunatly, we didn't choose you, according to your first election. Now you did win the second one, so I can't call you a dictator, but I must say...you have certainly created a new style of government unlike our own.

But again, the day the Patriot Act is reinstated, they'll probably find this, see my name, and look me up on Google Earth. So in case I never see anyone again, you'll know why. Now...lets enjoy our freedom!

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[info]karinana

February 1 2006, 07:36:47 UTC 6 years ago

please tell me he said "free-er"... PLEASE say its so!!!! i'll die of laughter!!!!

[info]stardust628

February 1 2006, 11:58:57 UTC 6 years ago

Being so focused on a show that deals with America and everything it stands for, it's interesting to see the passion that the people had during that time. People truly believed that America was the "land of opportunity"; a land of success and dreams. They had trust in their leaders to not only solve problems of the world, but problems in their own lives. Now, the only thing our great leader is good for is a laugh.

It's interesting to see where America has come since then.

Led by hypocrites, desire, lies, and celebrity, the American dream has instead become a dream of money and wealth. Whatever happened to the white picket fence - the happy home? When did that disappear?

PS - He really did say "free-er"?

[info]skycrazy

February 1 2006, 16:49:56 UTC 6 years ago

errrrrrr.

[info]catstar23

February 1 2006, 17:22:26 UTC 6 years ago

oh its a good one!

tariq i love you...and if the detain u for any reason...i'll be outside the white house with cindy sheehan protesting the stupidity of our government!

[info]shutterbug12

February 2 2006, 01:30:34 UTC 6 years ago

I echo Sky's "errrrrrr." And this has been one of the best rants I've read in quite a while.

[info]glasshour

February 2 2006, 06:05:24 UTC 6 years ago

ditto to the above thoughts...i mean, we expect more from the man that the only war he's succeeded at is his war on the english language...::sigh:::i hope your entry doesn't lead to the end of free-erdom of speech...
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