I know y’all want to hear all the gossip and talk about Friday night gallery walk, but I’ve just got to be political and if you don’t want to read my fumings, just skip this post and I’ll write about this weekend soon.

For those of you who think they can stand another rant about Bush, read on.

This is, without doubt, the most wretched presidency in our history.

Not Warren Harding and not Andrew Johnson or Buchanan.  George W. Bush is the most wretched president since Congress was organized in 1789.

First, this man was selected by a bare majority of Supreme Court justices in one of the all time worst legal decisions in all of Anglo-American jurisprudence. 

He quickly cemented his powers by using lies, corrupt cronyism and bribery and by manipulating the natural impulse of Americans to rally in defense of their country.  Such a cynical man this is, he invented a war in Iraq based on known bullshit in order to remain in power.

He is neither compassionate nor a conservative.

He is a tyrant.  A virtual dictator who believes himself capable of doing anything he wants just because he’s been installed by others in the White House.

His attack dog, Karl Rove, is no better than Goebbles.

I’m sorry for the Nazi reference, but in this case it is plainly appropriate.

There is no area of American life that has been bettered during the past 6 years and so much is so much worse.  We have gone from the world’s hegemon and most respected great power in history to being the pariah of the international community.  Our economy has exposed monumental economic faultlines, beginning with the gaps between rich and poor.

In time, that all can be mended, perhaps, but what cannot be mended so easily is the fabric of freedom and this president has intentionally torn that fragile veil between our rights and government oppression.

The corrupt and morally bankrupt legislative leaders of his party have abandoned all pretense of governing in favor of the exercise of raw power designed to further fatten the bellies of the super-rich.

It’s disgusting.

And you and I, in the face of all this, moulder in our political graves vomiting fatalistic crap about our own powerlessness.

That’s also disgusting.

The DEA can’t keep out drugs.

Homeland Security fails to keep radioactive material from crossing our border or plastic explosive from getting on our airplanes.  No one knows what comes in and out through our ports.

FEMA’s response to Hurricane Katrina.  “Nuf said?

The CIA’s pre-war intelligence.

The emerging civil war in Iraq.

Congressmen indicted and convicted of bribery.

Crass lawbreaking for political advantage at the highest levels of the Executive Branch.

At least the fascists made the trains run on time. 

It’s the incompetence of this government that is the piece de resistance.

Considering the rank gerrymandering that’s gone on, I have little hope that ordinary democratic action has any likelihood of success.

Some other, new factor must be introduced.

I don’t know if it’s impeachment or revolution or a general strike or what.

I don’t think it matters.

Clearly, same-old, same-old isn’t working.

A third or fourth political party?

External regime change?

Viva le Resistance!?

I think I’m starting to understand the mind of terrorists.

I feel so frustrated and powerless that I’m ready to just lash out in unreasoning anger without caring who gets hurt.

Even knowing that it’s senseless, hopeless and futile … hell, that just makes it worse and makes me want to lash out even more.

It’s a child-like temper tantrum that an adult has continued beyond the ability of the internal baby to hold its breath and pound on the floor.

If we believe that some things are worth fighting for and dying over, what are those things?

If this isn’t something that’s worth taking up arms, what is?

I’ll stop now.

Back in the 60s, we roared to a rock anthem that we “won’t be fooled again.”  but we were.  And I’m pissed about it.