Saying One Thing, Doing Another

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The Armchair Curmudgeon
March 21, 2007




Comeuppance for the Great Patriot….


George Bush spends all his time voicing his concerns about democracy while at the very same time, he ignores the very documents on which this country was founded.

If he cared at all about democracy, would he go to war on such flimsy evidence that he couldn’t have possibly believed in? Hardly!. Would he have dispensed with habeas corpus. Posse Comitatus. Privacy as guaranteed under the Constitution? No. No. No..

If someone were to really believe in our way of life, would he do everything to destroy our environment? Would he postpone OSHA and Clean Air and Clean Water Acts so literally many thousands would come down with conditions caused by pollution of our air and water. Wouldn’t he really want to do the exact opposite?

Would he be so ready to embrace coal heat knowing that even in its cleaned up form, it’s blamed for killing twenty thousand a year?

Would he take such a cavalier attitude towards Global Warming in the knowledge that we are going to lose species that once were so much a part of this great land?
Wouldn’t he at least try to do something to lessen the effects of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? Wouldn’t he rebel at the idea of dumping toxins in our Pacific Northwest, the breeding grounds of many species and the foundation of our food chain?
Would he be so ready to damn up the Columbia river knowing that it means death to the Pacific Salmon?
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Wouldn’t he think twice about plundering our pristine areas? Wouldn’t he want to preserve the west as the beautiful place that it is instead of giving out more than two hundred licenses to drill indiscriminately? Wouldn’t he think twice about allowing mining companies to dig without cocern for what they are doing? And without responsibility for repairing the damage done?

If he really cared about America, wouldn’t he have tried to keep the jobs here? Wouldn’t he have discouraged green cards when we have plenty of talent right here? Wouldn’t he have done a better job of protecting the borders against illegals?

If he really cared about America wouldn’t he have wanted to see older people being taken care of? And young people provided with a good education that would allow them to move up the economic ladder?

If he was truly committed to what America stands for, wouldn’t he encourage people to conserve resources and get behind bold new initiatives to make America number one again? Wouldn’t he want to encourage research and science instead of criticizing their findings?

Wouldn’t he support programs for business and industry to stay here and build domestic work forces instead of watching management’s move their businesses and profits offshore?

If Bush & Company cared about America they would not try to alienate all of our friends in the world? Or play tough guy roles at the UN? Or turn our backs or play hard ball at the United Nations, one of the few instruments for peace in this world?

Wouldn’t he try to heal the rifts that exist in this country today….instead of coming out with things like “you’re either with us or against us!” Or if you don’t agree with our point of view, you are not a true patriot.

And if he really cared about America, would he write exceptions into the bills that serve America’s interests. He wouldn’t act like he was above the law and entitled to special privilege as the Kings of Old.

If he really cared about America, and he was religious as he said, he would get on his knees and pray for forgiveness for all of the bad decisions that he has made over the past six years that serve his agenda and not the best interests of the American people.

Amen….

Les Aaron
The Armchair Curmudgeon
www.lesaaron.blogspot.com

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