The apex of irresponsibility

When, if ever, will anything actually be done? That is, whatever happened to the Plame problem? Whatever happened to the Cheney secret energy meetings problem that was supposed to be returned to a lower court for some kind of action? Whatever happened to the continuation of the 9/11 investigation? What about Enron? What about the DeLay problem? What about Bush’s AWOL problem? How about the Ohio election scandal? Whatever happened to the Sibel Edmonds charges? What about our completely illegal “war” in Iraq? What about the torture? On and on. Some these problems have been dragging on for almost four years. Is any action ever going to be taken on anything? I realize that Americans have very short attention spans but this is ridiculous. Have we truly become so disinterested in the current Adminstration’s outrageous lies, secrecy, cover-ups, and war crimes that we just no longer care? I hate to say it, but it appears to be true. The American public has reached the apex of irresponsibility, the pinnacle of thoughtlessness, the heights of reckless idiocy. But, as it’s apparently all in the hands of the Lord, I guess it’s okay.

Certainly one symptom of this current American illness is the fact that Alberto Gonzales will almost certainly be confirmed as Attorney General. Gonzales is the Bush toady who didn’t bother to adequately brief then Governor Bush about the backgrounds and details of all those poor souls executed in Texas by the most execution minded Governor in history – George W. Bush. The same George W. Bush who as a child blew up frogs for fun and later, as an adult, mocked a woman pleading with him for mercy. A compassionate conservative with all the compassion of a great white shark. And this same Gonzales advised him there were no limits whatsoever on Presidential power so he could torture, execute, and imprison at will, even for life with not even the semblance of legal representation or a trial. What message do you think this will send to the rest of the world? Oh, I forgot, the rest of the world no longer matters when his excellency decides otherwise. Perhaps he can borrow some horses and a gilt carriage from his buddy Blair for his coronation. Maybe even a jewel encrusted crown to go with the ermine robes they might let him wear. George W. Bush is the most deceitful, dishonest, lying, incompetent, criminal, and probably marginally retarded individual by far to somehow become President of the United States. How we all revere him. He talks with God. Am I bitter and disillusioned? You better believe it.