"Brownie" — Another Stain On Bush

Edition # 73; September 18, 2005

"You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie!" I only wish that "Bushie" had followed that up with: "And so am I."

Ironically, the man doing a heck of a job for Americans wasn't doing his job well at all. He didn't know how to. This freshly ousted head of the FEMA organization had apparently lied on his resume. Turns out this master of disaster relief was but a lowly clerical assistant to someone who actually did have experience helping people in need (other than himself).

Beyond that, he worked with rich people's Arabian horses...until they fired him. And according to Yahoo News, he also claimed to have been a university professor when he was only a student.

What? A liar in public office? Why — I never!

The President's chummy tone toward this aching head of FEMA's disaster relief efforts was yet another smokescreen of denial over Bush's growing portfolio of political disasters. "Brownie" adds his name to a long list of blatant symptoms of a deeply diseased so-called Democracy, whose inner rot and foulness has turned much of the voting public away, wretching. New Orleans may have become a cesspool of foul, disease-ridden water but I'm sure it's nothing compared to a wade through Washington.

In 2005, only the most fanatical political adherents could still believe that such people as are represented by Bush, Cheney, and all, are in this to serve the public. We expect to be screwed, lied to and left for dead by politicians. "Bushie" and the boys, now on their second term fishing trip through the oval office, are sure doing "a heck of a job" to remind us that our prejudices against politicians aren't misplaced.

Thank you, George W. Bush, for helping us maintain our lack of faith in political leaders. Honorable mention also goes to Canada's Paul Martin for a smaller scale hypocrisy with his offshore banking, foreign-registered shipping lines, and slave labour work crews from poor countries. Good on ya, boys. Let's stay the course.

If you ever want to know what kind of leadership to expect, find out what kind of boss your millionaire lawyer or businessman political candidate was to those who made him rich. Was he a loyal, supportive guardian, or just a cheap, selfish, power hungry slave merchant? Let's face it, those campaign commercials will never tell you if their candidate is a liar and a thief. But a former employee will...

The Voice of the "Right" People?

And speaking of rot, where is David Starr, that defender of the public faith who went after Bill Clinton for an extra-marital blowjob from Monika Lewinsky? I guess his legal specialty is limited only to the mOral sex violations of married Democrats. Now that's what I call transparency in government. Hypocrisy for all to see...

One thing's for sure, those who yearn for the good old days must be glad to see that morally and ethically things haven't changed much in government since the glory days of Rome... They're still nailing their proverbial "Jesus" to the cross for the sake of power, glory and the almighty buck. It's still easier to kill than to change.

Hurricane Katrina - aka "Whitey's Hurricane"

When disaster strikes, the party in power always gets the blame. Long before the storm hit, George W. Bush and his band of Iraq-looting cronies had already garnered enough public contempt for their arrogance, denial and blatant corruption from previous disasters, such as the occupation of Iraq. And with an avowed Christian at the helm, invoking the name of God as often as he does, one would assume a quick, compassionate response from Bush to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Instead, the poor, helpless and needy lost their shirts, their homes, and many their lives. All because of sloppy, uncoordinated governing. (Remember, 911 may have also been prevented but for the fact that gov't. agencies were competing for glory rather than cooperating — solitaire, Rambo-style.). Unfortunately, as is the case throughout most of the United States, the poor and needy are usually black, or old, sick and forgotten — or both.

Was the slow response racially motivated? I doubt it. But if blacks had been allowed to participate in white schools, white businesses and white seats of power prior to the 1950's, then most would have had the cars and money to get themselves to safety, rather than being stuck in some degenerate swampland city surrounded by snakes and alligators.

It's their poverty that's racial, and that remains the lingering legacy of what president George W. Bush is selling as "Democracy" to other enslaved countries around the world. The first commandment of Democracy is that the cream still rises to the top because it's richer.

Making History For All The Wrong Reasons

Nevertheless, blame and fault-finding is all that opposing parties have to squabble over these days. After all, their policies are invariably identical: make lots of unkept promises to win the election and then let your corporate friends gorge themselves on the taxpayer's money so you'll have a better-paying job to go to afterwards. All parties have their share of opportunistic, power-hungry crooks ready to loot the public if given only half a chance. What politics needs is a change of heart, not leadership.

But politics is about personal power and control, not empathy.

Politicians remind me of the rival sibling who tries to commandeer all the privileges. I think politics is an extension of childhood primal greed. It attracts people tired of feeling like the runt of the litter, or those afraid to be second in line. Governing helps them role play some lesser form of God, but it may not do much for anyone else, let alone humanity's inequity problems.

Ultimately, it's all about not repeating historic failures. As far as our recent history in concerned, Bill Clinton will be remembered as the well spoken man who got a blowjob from his secretary. George W. Bush & Co. will be remembered for his responsibility in the death toll in Iraq, the US's strained relationship with peaceful Democracies around the world, and now, with few exceptions, the sinking of New Orleans.

And still, the looting continues.

Some Practical Advice For The Living

I thought about some of the things that I've learned from years of watching people die in largely preventable disasters. Hurricane Katrina didn't destroy New Orleans to the degree that the flooding did. Had people planned ahead for the inevitable, this would never have happened. So here is my humble list of "the rules" for preventing death by negligence.

  • Rule#1: Don't build your house in a flood plain or near a large body of water.
  • Rule#2: If you build near a large body of water, don't destroy the surrounding wetlands that buffer your home against flooding.
  • Rule#3: Don't build below sea level if you live near the sea.
  • Rule#4: Don't build in a corridor known for tropical storms and hurricanes.
  • Rule#5: Don't break more than one of the last four rules.

New Orleans broke all five. And guess what...they're gonna keep doing it! Famous last words: "New Orleans will rise again, bigger and better than ever!" And so will the water of course, so keep your hip waders and water wings handy. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before history gets another encore performance.

Which reminds me: why don't they simply move all the gambling and prostitution up to Head Office in Washington, DC?

See ya soon.


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