Bush's Farewell Fabrication
Reading the talking points of the Bush Legacy Project, which is being managed by former White House political czar, the outgoing president reprised the Orwellian themes of his tenure: freedom promoted at the point of a gun, occupations framed as "liberations," fearmongering and a cowboy's claim of victory in a "war on terror" that still has no direction, no endgame, no capture of Osama bin Laden. Full Story »
Posted by Randy Morrow
This is worth reading as a reminder of what we, as a people, unleashed on ourselves and the world by installing George W. Bush in the White House and then failing to hold him responsible for his actions. Maybe that's easier to say because I never voted for the man, but I think it's inarguable that if we don't remind ourselves of the consequences of collective apathy and ignorance, we will repeat the mistakes of 2000 and 2004.