Bobby's Blue State

Republicans and the Decline

I believe 50 or 100 years in the future, historians will be able to pinpoint the eight Bush years as the start of the decline of America as the dominant empire. Aided by a crooked cast of characters, featuring Rove, DeLay, "Christian" conservatives and other southern, white, conservative Republicans and their rabidly extreme agendas, their massive spending sprees on Iraq, insane Pork projects and crazy religious agenda items, will not only signal a weakening America financially, but intellectually. They are gutting us to reward their big business cronies and "religious" bread butterers. Their "official" wobbly science policies will start a reverse brain drain. What real scientists want to be told to tow the wacky company line on Creationism, Abstinence only programs, "evil" stem cell research, and on and on. Makes us look like some Taliban nation of the first world.

The money is streaming out of here, yet, we're still ever so dependent on oil as the prices skyrocket. What if we didn't go to war with Iraq and spent that money on new energy technologies that would help wean us off the oil? What if we passed stricter fuel efficiency standards on SUVs four years ago? The car companies would have the new standards in place by now. But no, a very limited agenda serving a select, few Americans was put in place to the rest of our detriment. These men have been deliberately dismantling America for the good of the few. I pray Americans wake in 2006 and 2008 and try to cut our losses. But, sadly, it may already be too late.

posted by BBS @ 4:12 PM