Administrative State

So the Bush Administration has had six gaffes in a row, in a short period of time. Barrie Dunsmore authored this article (Source 1 below) and seems to believe that somehow this will turn the tide, once we realize Dick Cheney is the Great Satan.

First of all, I can knock that 6 down to 4 in no time: 9 servicepeople being killed in Iraq is no longer novel enough to register in the conscience of America and dead Iraqis, Shiite or otherwise, never registered in the first place.

Second, the idea that there is anywhere lower to sink is the fundamental flaw here. No one expects greatness from this Administration. No one demands accountability. We've been taught that both ideas are futile. The only thing that can happen now is that further crap ideas might not get implemented. No one is getting impeached. No one from the Administration, Chuck Schumer's idea to the contrary (see Source 2), is getting canned. No one is coming home en masse from Iraq.

All this to say: who cares how much bad news occurred? It won't help. Myriad violations of civil rights that have occurred during the last six years will take decades to remedy. The social programs that have been getting robbed ever since faith-based initiatives took over aren't ever getting it back. All by itself, our approach in Guantanamo has ensured generations of terrorists who hate us. The schools that don't have enough money so that we can put a war on (but not outfit our soldiers correctly) will stay forever poor. We stand for this every day. We've come to accept it as the norm. We're trogs, slogging back into the cave.

Someone tell me what 4 newsworthy items does for you when your country is already at the bottom of the piddle puddle.

Sources:
1.http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/2007/03/11/bush-administration-takes-six-blows-in-a-row/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rutlandherald.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20070311%2FFEATURES15%2F703110301%2F-1%2FHSSPORTS&frame=true
2.http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/16885353.htm