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NanceGreggs

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Tue Dec-02-08 10:08 PM
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Immeasurable

An Open Letter to the Clueless Idiot Who Still Occupies the White House:

Re your recent comment: “Everybody wants to be liked. But being liked because you've actually done something constructive that's measurable is the best way to try to be liked.”

Guess what, George? Your chances of being “liked” lie somewhere between no chance, no way, ain’t never gonna happen and the proverbial snowball’s chance in hell.

The problem with your legacy is that what you leave in your wake is not measurable by any yardstick known to man.

Let’s look at the facts, shall we?

As we all now know, in the lead-up to the attacks of September 11th, you and your administration chose to ignore experienced advisors who warned repeatedly of impending disaster. The loss of life, the horror of the destruction that might have been avoided, the psychological damage done to the American people and the world-at-large due to your ineptitude – immeasurable.

The distrust created among average Americans towards their government caused by non-stop propaganda against the “Axis of Evil”, evil-doers in general (who turned out to be anyone who disagreed with you or your neocon puppet-masters' agenda), the wire-tapping of American citizens without cause, the outing of an undercover CIA operative as a means of political revenge, the manipulation of the Justice Department in order to serve a purely political agenda – immeasurable.

The division between American citizens caused by your encouragement to be divided – based on religious beliefs, political positions, sexual orientation and a suddenly out-of-vogue adherence to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights – immeasurable.

The amount of maiming, crippling, physical and psychological damage done to our troops as a result of over-extended combat tours, along with being sent into battle with insufficient equipment so your war-profiteering buddies could get the biggest bang for their buck – immeasurable.

The loss of our nation’s stature as a beacon of freedom and democracy as you imprisoned without charge, as you tortured, as you ignored long-held and well-established moral and principled behavior – immeasurable.

The amount of money plundered from our treasury as you doled out no-bid, no-questions-asked contracts to your friends and family; the amount of taxpayers’ dollars handed over to Big Business, Big Pharma, Big Oil in sweetheart deals; the amount of money squandered on your ill-advised, ill-fated war-of-choice while our own nation drowned in unfathomable debt – immeasurable.

The number of dead, wounded, orphaned and displaced innocent Iraqis who have been liberated by your cohorts’ greed for oil, for power over the powerless, for a desire to dominate the world and bend it to its own will for the sake of profit, regardless of the consequences – immeasurable.

The times you have acted the buffoon on the world stage, embarrassing your countrymen and rendering the once-revered office of the Presidency of the United States a target of scorn and ridicule – immeasurable.

The number of unemployed, the homeless, the hungry, the sick left without health coverage, the poorly educated, the victims of natural disaster left unassisted – or dead – immeasurable.

The number of American-haters and potential future terrorists you have created because they have seen their sisters raped, their brothers tortured, their religious beliefs ridiculed and demonized, their countrymen oppressed – immeasurable.

As you now set about trying to rehabilitate your well-deserved image as an inept, unconscionable liar, as you launch your last-minute attempt to change the world’s view of the all-too-obvious failure of your illegitimate presidency as something less than total disaster, as you wallow in the futility of creating the memory of a constructive tenure in office that the whole world knows never existed, remember one thing:

The damage you have done to our nation, to the concept of democracy, to the people of the country you were placed in a position to lead, to the environment in which we live, and to the world in which the rest of us strive to co-exist in peace and understanding is now, and always will be, immeasurable.

This is your rightful place in history, the manner in which you will be discussed, analyzed, and ultimately found wanting for decades – nay, centuries – to come.

For as long as mankind survives and has the ability to look back on mistakes made, consequences suffered, and the result of unbelievable regret, you will be remembered.

This is your inescapable legacy. And the shame of it will always be immeasurable.