(Sigh)--if only we lived in the safe, secure parallel universe that George Bush seems to think he inhabits and which he described tonight as he made his farewell speech. What America was he talking about? Certainly not the one I see around me, with crime on the rise. people losing their homes, and with our libraries and even the neighborhood swimming pool on the budgetary chopping block, and that's the very least of it.
I think Dubya should have said, "Thank you, America, for letting me and my folks wiretap your phones, read your emails, spy on the very books you take out from the library. I'm proud to say we've solved our energy crisis by foreclosing on your homes, so you don't have to use lightbulbs or appliances in them anymore. Think of the kilowatt hours I've saved you! And, hey, why do you need health care anyway in this era of global warming--do you REALLY want to live long enough to see the results of catastrophic climate change? My cohorts and I have stolen an election, ransacked your wallets, put many of you into the ranks of the unemployed, mortgaged your children's futures, created an atmosphere of oppressive fear and tension, killed thousands of people in our wars, and left you with a national debt the size of the whole Himalayan range. I'm outta here, America! Yee haw! Mission Accomplished!"
I feel that Bush's speech reflects an attitude whose time is past--and I hope Obama can unify the country in hope and leadership. Maybe the next four years will be like that plane which landed in the Hudson River today--it looked scary and everyone thought we were going to crash, but we glided to a place of safety and in the end, everyone was fine--we all helped each other and not one person was lost.
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