The Fall of George W. Bush


by Ernie Fitzpatrick - Date: 2008-10-10 - Word Count: 340 Share This!

The saying has been that whenever America sneezing, the rest of the world catches a cold. It now looks like America has a cold and the rest of the world has pneumonia. How fast things have changed in the last seven to eight years. How much blame can Goerge W. Bush get for the current economic mess that were in. When you look at the facts, one has to say A LOT!  

Another principle over the centuries is one called "guns and butter". A nation cannot expect to see prosperity at the same time it is at war' however, Bush has tried to do that and along with the help first of Alan Greenspan and now Ben Bernanke, we've manipulated the markets and now the market is doing its thing. And it's not a good thing.

The facts are?

Eight years ago, the United States had a budget surplus! Eight years ago we had low inflation! Eight years ago we had a stable and strong economy. Eight years ago we had low gasoline prices. It's hard to believe but the price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline January 2002 was $1.09 a gallon. And I won't even go into the amount of federal debt that we owe, knowing that we owe China alone $1 trillion dollars says enough.

How much of all this is the fault of George W.Bush?

Harry Truman had a sign on his desk when he was president that read, "The Buck Stops Here". And ultimately whoever is the head of whatever is that- the HEAD! What I do know is that the perceived arrogant cowboy from Texas who eight years ago said, "Bring It On" and we'll bring the terrorists in 'Ded of Alive" is but a shadow of himself. The office of president has a way of weighing down and bringing down even the strongest of humans.

History usually regards people a bit more kindly than the present does and in that sense, #43, can hope for better days, and hurry up January 20, 2009!


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As a spiritual-futurist, I interpret current events in light of possible macro-universal forces at play leading up to 2012, but not limited to it.

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