(Mis)State of the Union

Alright, so, I’ve had a little more time to think about it, and I’m still pretty pissed off by the things that came out of the mouth of our pathetic, Reganite fruitcake of a President last night. My anger, which in retrospective should’ve been simmering for the last year, as none of the things he said are new in the least, is directed in a few very specific directions (which, really, include all sub-categories of possible rant, anyway).

1) Blurring the separation between Church and State.
2) Announcing policies equivalent to administrative autocracy.
3) War-machine overuse without adequate support.
4) Transparency, transparency, transparency!!!

Point one is the true multi-faceted, scary aspect of the reign of GB the Second. In addition to furthering his plan of full privatization of public services, this blurring pushes the idea of moral right in government, and hopelessly entwines the principals of evangelical Christianity with the ideals of American Nationalism. These changes are dangerous, at best. They move us away from inclusiveness no matter race, creed, identity, what-have-you, toward a system that can deny services, actively persecute based on differences, and may one day threaten everyone with mandatory faith. Snow-flake babies and the absurdity of “preserving the sanctity of life” aside, the bru-ha-ha’s in Afghanistan and Iraq seem to point out that this “religious” culture that’s being instigated against the will of most Americans is actually one of death… After all, you have to be the right kind of religious for your life to be protected. Most definitely NOTHING LIKE what the founding fathers envisioned, Christian or no.
Moving on, it seems that, though the President was fine with Pork-barrel spending while it was his Neo-Con cronies doing the write-ons, he simply won’t stand for responsible social measures as are being forced through by Democrats. In a no-holds-barred statement sounding much like a five-year-old going “Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya, Nyaaaaaah!” President Bush said he’d exercise his heretofore limpid veto rights with abandon to stop pork-barrel spending. Remember how many times he did that before Nancy Pelosi put on pants on Capitol Hill? I sure as hell don’t. Furthermore, the fact that he could keep a straight face while indignantly demanding a ‘straight up-and-down vote’ for his gun-toting whack-job judicial nominees was more than I can stomach. It takes more than eight years to turn a more-or-less viable, economically successful Constitutional Democracy into Margaret Atwood’s Gillead. Who told you otherwise, Mr. President?
Regardless of what many people have said, will say, and want to say on this point, I think it’s been covered MORE than sufficiently. Lest anyone forget, most of the contractors brought on by our shoddy executive war-effort are slowly moving headquarters overseas, to nations all good Americans should hate in their deepest Christian hearts… It’s a wonderful, Randyan (ha!) story, really, except nobody exceptional seems to be shrugging.
Finally, back to the the judicial nominations to start… Mind picking somebody with an adequate portfolio to question for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? Do you mind actually listening when people complain about your unwarranted, ill-advised wire taps? It’s not like there’s any difficulty in getting a free warrant in less than 24 hours. Mind telling us what is ACTUALLY being reported by the CIA, or any of the rest of the alphabet soup of intelligence agencies that report to the administration? Do you mind being transparent about the smallest of your dirty little secrets, Mr. President? Mind not lying?
That’s about it. This has taken all day to pare down, to make a little less offensive. But it’s an honest reaction to the bullshit that came out of that man’s mouth. I’m so glad this is the last year we have to deal with Bush and his White House. They are poison, and they are almost expunged.