BushCo: An Umpteenth Evaluation

If one were to evaluate -- for the umpteenth time -- George Bush's presidency over the last eight years, it would most likely be graded with a colossal, red, angrily scrawled F, the presidency along with an overarching American policy having been remade in Bush's own fatally imperfect, inconceivably incurious and maddeningly mediocre image.

And -- for the umpteenth time -- any critique of Bush and his illegitimate legacy is not necessarily an attack on Republicans or conservatism or rampant, unchecked capitalism. However, due to their complicity in his ruinous and divisive two terms it comes damn close.

In fact, any and all appraisals that conclude with BushCo having critically devalued America and all it ever stood for are in actuality well-documented and fact-based assessments. They recount the tale of a country which allowed its essential morality to be wrested away by a series of vainglorious, smooth-talking hucksters, its national identity enslaved and ignominiously pimped out. With billions of dollars made, millions of people shackled to erosive economic policies and thousands of innocents crippled or killed in an illegal war, it could probably be viewed as the largest and, given that prosecution of those involved is improbable, most successful criminal operation in history, and not merely a series of tendentious rants spewed from liberal pantywaists.

Of the situation in Iraq alone, throwing up a smokescreen comprised of young, principled conscripts engaged to fight an enemy forged as if out of a child's night terrors, all to conceal his tumescent, neocon machinations, qualifies him for a life sentence of clearing brush on the grounds of a federal penitentiary.

Of its all-consuming "war" on terrorism, BushCo huffs out its chest and flourishes the flag, bamboozling the sentimental suckers with Three Trillion Card Monte, scrambling their senses and blunting their intuition, forcing them to behave in such a way that proves once and for all that reckless patriotism is nothing if not Pavlovian.

Of its overtly oligarchic economic policies, BushCo has thrown prudence, balance and caution to the winds and left the remaining non-millionaires in the United States to forage among the outsourced and underfunded scraps for fiscal stability.

Of its brazen disregard for science and reason, BushCo stalled for as long as it could to acknowledge what anyone possessed of sense already knows: human beings, beguiled by seemingly unlimited wealth, with all their greed and lack of both foresight and care, are crapping up the planet. And that the Earth is not the one that will suffer, it is her inhabitants.

Of its universal arrogance and disrespect not only for the Constitution, for our natural resources, for patience, for wisdom, for liberty, for its clear disdain for citizens everywhere and its use of them as fodder for their profiteering, no penalty would be too severe.

Of its highjacking of the Republican party and conservative philosophy thereby rendering any future champion falling under those respective banners suspect, the memberships of those institutions should appoint ombudsmen faithful to the foundation of a free, democratic society to help ensure that BushCo and its ilk will never find purchase among them again.

And lastly, of its smearing of the American legacy as a bulwark of liberty, a country that is not merely a symbol or an idea but a living, breathing example of the highest in human endeavors, of this is BushCo most egregiously offensive. Its unchecked power has been an affront to every one of the original founders who lent their signatures to the document declaring independence from a tyrannical monarchy and as such should be labeled as the greatest act of treason in America's history.

It's almost time for the final evaluation. BushCo has failed. Will we?

Comments

[castlerider]

There are literally hundreds of cases of corporate crimes and wrongdoing that this justice department WILL NOT PROSECUTE!!
They will not put these criminals to trial, they just keep putting them off or giving them DEFFERMENTS!!
Their argument is that these corporations do not think, do not have capacity to contemplate crimes, so they should not be tried as a person is....
The problem with that argument is if you are going to take that away, then there should be no laws to protect a corporation like a person; no search and seizure laws, no free speech laws, little or no right to counsel,- you can't have it both ways!! But they want it both ways, and Bush gives it to them. It's corporations that are driving prices up against us common Americans who are struggling to make ends meet, and Bush as usual, is AWOL, as far as protecting us. He has made it quite clear that he's with them.
This is why this media, and so many corporations protect him. They are the large part of this 27%.

Wake up, America

[WebHubbleTelescope]

Bush Crime Family is copyrighted by Mikey Malloy, and the CEO known as either Chuckle Nuts, The Unelected Idiot, The Giggling Killer, President Bunny Pants, Raisin Brain, Dim Son, Man or Monkey, Weak and Stupid, Too-Stupid­-to-Be-Pre­sident, Too-Stupid­-to-Chew-a­-Pretzel, Too-Stupid­-to-Ride-a­-Bicycle, Dipthong, Mensa Man, The Bush Bastard, The Toy President, Guaca-Moron, Cinco de Moron, Prince Valium, Too-Stupid­-To-Wear-H­is-Pants-F­orward, etc.

[TexanJane]

Spot on, as always, Steven,

Sadly, depressingly, infuriatingly, we all know how Bush/Cheney would respond to your piercing insights: "SOoo????"

[TexanJane]

Spot on, as ever, Steven....

Sadly, infuriatingly, depressingly - we all know how Bush/Cheney would respond to your insights: "So????"

[fairandjust]

We have a lot of work to do to get rid of all of the deep-rooted criminal activity of BushCo and NeoCons and those Republicans who share this mentality of 'I got mine, too bad for you" type of criminal activity and governing.

Fantastic writing! "...reckless patriotism is nothing if not Pavlovian." Wow - and sad that it seems to be true. "...forage among the outsourced and underfunded scraps for fiscal stability." Yeah - that is our current economic situation - also very sad.

[CarolinaDem]

Yeah, but we STILL haven't come to grips with the actual Republican POINT, which is that by insisting upon capitalist development of all global resources they're serving the best interests, if not of the most people, still of the most civilized and humane societies on earth; and doing it with America's quite possibly temporary miltiary dominance means making America the #1 champion of the whole world. They got themselves bogged down in Iraq because they didn't give a shit about the people there AND were confused by their own bureaucratic maze, but they'll be back again and again until we name this fantasy and find a way to patriotically and chauvinistically call it out and beat it down. Otherwise BushCo will be back in business real soon. In fact, I don't see anybody controlling them until a US-led coalition of the intelligent undertakes to guarantee decent living standards for every citizen of any place with any kind of globally significant natural resource.

[mgsorens]

If he could run again, Bush would probably be re-elected. Dems are confused about the President's approval ratings, Bush's approval has dropped among Republicans who find him too liberal. He never had the approval of Democrats.

[LeftRight]

Not a chance, he'd never even get the nomination!

[ghostsofamerica]

I forgot to mention, this is one EXCELLENT ARTICLE!

[ghostsofamerica]

Mr. Weber,

I have used Bushco. for three or four years now, and the Bush Crime Syndicate for almost as many. My first use was Bush Crime Family, after a family member wrote an oped piece to that effect.

Thanks for joining in the naming of the criminals. I suggest visually the similar events as the Nuremberg Trials for these war criminals and robbers of our treasury and treasure of the Bill Of Rights.

[LeftRight]

Two things about the bushco(tm) name. First, don't capitalize the "b". They don't deserve it. Second, make sure to add the trademark symbol, since otherwise you'll get sued!

[jhink465]

The Bush criminal enterprise is the culmination of the decadence of the American people and the new American ethos. Even after all we have experienced over the past eight years, McCain is polling at a level that could make him the next president. As the saying goes, the fish rots from the head down. It is clear the head of the American fish has been rotting since Ronald Reagan. The rot has progressed deep into the body. I don't know if the country is salvageable at this point but it's do or die. Will we?

[fairandjust]

Yes we will change this. There are plenty of us who will work and fight, because we are better than them.

[magen]

I challenge any conservative to name ONE thing that's gotten better in the last eight years for the AVERAGE American. Not the top 1% of the wealthiest.

Go ahead.

Just ONE. Cause I have a long list of things that have gotten worse.

[LeftRight]

ummm....bush is almost out of office!

[Rule Of Law]

There's only one way he should leave.

[realpolitic]

Bush has strived for mediocrity his entire life and he has resolutely achieved it. I guess his greatest achievement was quitting drinking and being a president with a 28% approval rating who can continually cast aside our constitutional protections with little challenge.

[LeftRight]

HEY!!! Don't insult mediocrity like that!!! He's gone for out and out EVIL, and succeeded all too well!

[realpolitic]

People are afraid of out and out evil. He cloaks his evil deeds with mediocrity and low expectations.

[PierreLeClerke]

Just print what I send, who are you afraid of? This group of criminals?

[epotruchyeahright]

Not to pour salt on the wounds, and not to diminish in the slightest the heinous crimes committed by BushCo (actually CheneyCo, but he didn't have the right title). In actuality responsibility for our mess rests with us, the American people. After all, we voted for him in large numbers in 2000 (and we voted for the Republicans at state and local levels who ran the machinery that resulted in the Supreme Court decision handing him the presidency), and we voted for him in 2004. I remember my former boss, a very intelligent woman, telling me that in the end she voted for Bush because she didn't want to change administrations in the middle of a war.
Let's face it: we just wanna feel good as Americans, OK? We'll put up with a ton of bullshit to avoid dealing with reality. We are addicts, avoiding facing our own shortcomings, as people and as a nation. We are arrogant, stupid, lazy, fat, and slovenly pigs, unwilling to back away from the feeding trough long enough to see that the other pigs are dying behind us, or cannibalizing each other, or plotting to kill us behind our backs. Since one of those pigs bit us on the ass six years ago, we've been kicking behind us with all our might to stamp them out, not for one second acknowledging that we have contributed to their rage by being arrogant, stupid, lazy, fat, and slovely pigs.
And all in the name of Jeeeeeezus!

[flatus]

"It's almost time for the final evaluation. BushCo has failed. Will we?"

I am assuming that you are addressing this question to Madam Pelosi?

It always seems a great pity that a well written blog like this one will only be read by too few.

[uvymopkq]

From his radical stance on abortion to his prominence in the corruption scandals that has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media, Barack Obama is not fit to be Senator -- not to mention the next President of the United States.

[anon004]

What "radical" stance on abortion? What corruption scandals? What do you mean by "prominence in"? If you're going to throw out accustions like this, the least you can do is provide something to back up what you say.

[tea in the harbor]

Thank you for illustrating my point that Obama's detractors are fountains of attack and accusation, but totally devoid of fact! How long has it been since you burned a witch?

[PierreLeClerke]

Even your screen name provides you an anonymity shield a true propaganda puppet requires from behind which a coward profiteer such as yourself must operate. No facts just air, Enjoy!

[BBackSoon]

What the hell did this shit have to do with this article?

[LeftRight]

First, I don't see how this ties into the article.

Second, WHAT radical stance on abortion? His stance on abortion matches what more than 50% of Americans feel about it, thus qualifying as ANYTHING other than radical!

Third, what corruption scandals? Are you talking about Tony Rezko? The man that helped not only Obama, but Mayor Daley, Governor Blagojevich, and President Clinton with elections and fundraising?