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Here is my LTTE they're going to publish in the Baton Rouge Advocate tomorrow...
…About That G-8 Summit…
For those of you who think George W. Bush is God’s gift to the United States of America, you can quit reading now. There is no fact I can present that will touch you in any way. You have your opinions and your faith, and that is enough for you. The rest of us are long past alarm, disbelief, and outrage. The world is literally in flames, New Orleans is ruined, the government is spying on us, our Constitution has been shredded, global warming is causing environmental changes that cannot be stopped, the country is bankrupt, and our military has been stressed to the point of collapse. Whether or not you believe past elections were ‘stolen’, few can argue that our voting system is completely broken. How has our country come to this? You can find part of the answer here: Have you kept up with the G-8 Summit, recently concluded in St. Petersburg? Do you realize that Bush had the temerity to suggest to Putin in a public press conference that American citizens hope Russia will follow Iraq’s democratic path? And that Putin responded that Russia would ‘not want the type of Democracy that Iraq has’…thank you very much? (and the press corps laughs loudly) and then Bush says “Just wait”. Just wait? And that’s only the beginning. At a press conference in Eastern Germany, with Andrea Merkel, Bush begins by going on and on about the upcoming Pig Roast, and that he would get to slice the pig. When asked a series of very serious questions regarding Iran’s nuclear development, he responded thus: “I thought you were gonna ask me about the pig”. Then, in St. Petersburg, Bush (with a mouth full of food) lets loose on Tony Blair, stating that Syria should just tell Hezbollah to “cut that **** out”. The actual text is not printable. Then, finally, as if this weren’t enough, there’s the video of Bush coming up behind a seated Merkel, as she is having a conversation with the leader of Italy, and giving her an impromptu shoulder massage. She is so startled that she has a ‘Eeeww, Ick! Get your hands off me!’ response…as any woman would. Things are certainly a mess, my friends. Leadership of this country and in the world-at-large is not fodder for frat humor. It is deadly serious business. Either the antics of the president at the G-8 are a true measure of the president’s character, or something is very wrong with him. Neither bodes well for the country.
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