Did the U.S. elect Bush to be the Ruler of the Planet? [View All]

[Erika]

Forgive me for the rant but it's been a long day for many of us and I am totally frustrated.

My thought is that an American president's job was to be part of the management of the government to fulfill governmental duties not addressed in local government while collecting taxes to do so. That is why we we have so many cabinet posts and divisions. The feds carved out there role in these areas. Education, Agricultural, Environmental, Commerce, Treasury, Defense, etc.

Yet Bush gets up there and issues an inaugural religion based speech (his interpretation of religion) on how we are going to free the world of tyranny and democratizes the whole world based on his vision as to what he believes God ordained him to do. He offers a small comment about how we'll be safer if we make the world democratic.

Excuse me, what about Americans and their needs? We are the ones who pay the taxes, we have our own needs. Our VA program is in a shambles, our education mandates by the feds are under-funded, we have poverty and homelessness here. But Bush is going to take over the world, using our kids, and show them how great democracy is. Well, Mr. Bush, why don't you try spending our taxes here on us? We need them here.

I don't believe your job duties included being a religious ruler of the planet paid for by American tax-payers.

Rant off.