When Bush took the presidency, I had not voted for him. I did not like his personality or what he stood for. But I struck a private bargain with the Powers Above Me that I would not directly speak ill of him in my blog unless he dared to set foot in my native state of California.
And he has done so. Twice. Once, last November. And again earlier today.
That self-righteous prick.
You read that right. I'm done tiptoe-ing around the subject, and I'm officially asserting my right--as a xenophobic human being and an American citizen with Bill-of-Rights-guaranteed Freedom of Speech--to articulate my impression that George "Clueless Leader" Bush is, if not a complete moron, a self-righteous prick and an arrogant bastard.
Personally, I don't think he's a complete moron, given that he got through Yale with straight Cs, which are passing grades, and getting passing grades in college requires a fair amount of work.
But, in light of his audacity in setting foot on California soil, I've seen that he's a self-righteous prick and an arrogant bastard.
This is the same arrogant bastard who denied California federal aid during its crippling power outages--regardless of the governor's declaration of a state of emergency--because his buddy Kenneth Lay (may he rot in hell) wanted to jack the energy prices on us.
This is the same arrogant bastard who, for reasons known only to himself and his associates, chose not to follow up on "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." Until, of course, it was too late.
This is the same arrogant bastard who, with several associates, initiated a costly, bloody, unnecessary war with Iraq--despite the fact that Bin Laden was not an Iraqi, nor was he based in Iraq, nor did he have any tangible associations with a predominantly Sunni dictatorship--a war that has so far cost American tax-payers over $190 BILLION (a good chuck of that going to the sadistic bumblef--ks of Blackwater) and 3,846 soldiers lives. And counting!
This is the same arrogant bastard who's not done a goddamn thing to help New York, Louisiana or California recover from their respective disasters... except to say he feels bad, and the government will "try" to help "to an extent," and then pose for pictures at the various "ground zeroes" determined safe enough to stand on.
He's not even all that photogenic!
But I digress.
Granted, California's environment is such that it needs to (and does) catch fire during the fall. One of my biology instructors told me it's a natural process which developed over millions of years and "promotes environmental diversity while keeping overpopulation in check." In fact, California is home to a species of tree which actually requires its seeds to be burned in order to start the germination process--otherwise, they can stay dormant for years. And when the burning season arrives, either due to high temperatures, some accident or state-mandated "controlled burns," hopefully it will be to such a degree that the resulting fires can be most easily controlled, thus keeping people and property safe.
Sadly, this is not one of those instances. Around half a million people have been displaced, and some have died (I await the final tally when the fires have actually died down). Miles of federally-protected forest have been burned--and are still burning. And last night, Dana Perino--that snooty bitch--had the temerity to say that the government would like to help, but that our forces are tied up in Iraq.
And, last I checked, Ground Zero is still a hole in the ground, and New York City workers were still finding remains of World Trade Center victims (I wasn't able to find any info on whether the search and ID process was complete yet).
And New Orleans is still flooded, and FEMA-issued trailers for Hurricane Katrina survivors reeked of formaldehyde and asphixiated some of their occupants.
Oh, and the power outages California went through seven or eight years ago? Yeah, we got ourselves out of that--no thanks to the f--ktards of the Bush Administration.
Sometimes, when my acquaintences and I get riled enough, we talk about how to get the California government to secede from the United States. California does so much--producing so much art, and wine, and produce, etc.--and generates more money than almost any other state. Hell, last I checked, California was paying taxes for Rhode Island! That pissant excuse for a state is getting a break on their federal taxes--at my state's expense!
Screw that. California, in all hypotheticals, ought to secede. Then, if the rest of the U.S. wants to see our movies or eat our produce or drink our wine, they'll have to pay out the wazoo for the privilege, and the federal government won't be able to take our taxes without a goddamn fight. Get f--king Texas to pay Rhode Island's way, if they're such goddamn "patriots"!
So, in closing, as far as I'm concerned, Bush can take his photo-op sympathy and shove it up his ass! There's absolutely no goddamn reason for him to do anything for Californians, when he and his administration have done nothing for New York or Louisiana. And, given how he dealt with our last state of emergency, I'm not expecting much more than two weeks of press until Fox Noise finds something "liberal" to rant about.
And Glenn Beck? The son of a bitch who said that some of the "haters" of America got their houses burned in the California fires? He can f--king bite me. And if there is a hell, I hope he goes there, and that he and Kenneth Lay are stuck together over the same rotisserie pit.
