September 26, 2008-Gone Too Far

   A couple of columns ago, I spoke of the financial crisis that was befalling America, and I said that we were just seeing the tip of the iceberg. I had no idea that we were about to see the entire iceberg so quickly, or more accurately, ram into that iceberg like the Titanic did in 1912. The crisis has evolved into a full-blown catastrophe within a matter of days, and it does not look like it is getting any better. Corporation after corporation are falling apart at the seams, unable to handle the immense debts and bad mortgages and shit that they have and threatening to wreck the entire economy. Suddenly, the entire house of cards seems to be falling down and may take all of America with it if something is not done and done soon. Far from being another example of Mr. Businessman crying wolf, this crisis is real and is every bit as bad as they say. It has become very common knowledge now that the rules and regulations governing how corporations and businesses are run during the Bush Administration have been way to lax and caused a catastrophe of massive proportions to ensue. Fingers of blame are being pointed every which way, at the American people, that took on mortgages that they could not afford, to the banks that loaned money to people like this, to the CEO's that mismanaged the banks and other corporations so badly, but no matter who's fault it is, and it is more than likely shared by all three parties here, the end result has been that America is facing a financial crisis that has not been seen since the days of the Great Depression. There fuckers in theese corporations have run amok so badly that they have fucked everything up to the hilt, and now Washington has to do something about it immediately before the unthinkable happens. So President Bush had his people come up with a plan, and that plan was to bail out each and every one of these corporations that has been so badly mismanaged, to the tune of 700 billion dollars of taxpayer's money. This staggering sum is larger than most people can comprehend, so the number crunchers worked it out as something like $2,300 and some odd dollars for every person in the USA. That would mean the instant a baby is born, Uncle sam would be there to present him or her with their share of that massive bill. The wasted wino passed out underneath the sidewalk is on the hook here for that amount as well, and that fucker has never even seen that much money at once. This is how large the bailout plan that Bush wants would be, and that number could soar even higher as more and more of these corporations continue to fail and come looking to Washington to be a part of that bailout. This has freaked the American people out plenty, it has sent Wall Street into a panic, and the average American is getting more nervous by the day, wondewring if he is about to lose everything in a second due to this.  However, Bush says that this is the only way out of this massive hole, that these people have to be bailed out because the industries that they controlled are vital to the American economy. So this is looking lik ei tis rth elast straw for Bush in the minds of the American people, becasue they have had enough of his ass coming to them and asking them for astronomical sums of money for some goddamned thing or another and this one has topped them all, even topping the requests that Bush made for war money back in the day. Bush has managed to make himself the headline man in the homestretch of a hotly contested Presidential race in which he is not running, so he had to do something huge to have that happen and he has. Most of the American people think that Bush has gone too far this time with what they are facing now as he prepares to leave.

   However,most people think that  Bush has done a shitty job all around ever since he was President, but that is not true. He has done a shitty job for them because he never represented them in any way at all, but instead represented the interests of Big Business, the Corporations, and Mr. Businessman. George W. Bush was bord and bred at the knees of these types to one day grow up and serve every interest that they had, and if he did that, why he could be President someday. Young George learned these lessons well, becasue he used that philosophy to get everywhere in life, to get into the corporate world when he was not really qualified, to get into the Governor's mansion of Texas when he was not qualified, to get into the White House when he was not qualified, George did it all by obeying everything that his mentors said and making sure that everything that he ever did favored them. He stated not one, but two wars so that his benefactors could get onboard a gravy train that was blasing along at speeds hitherthough unknown before Bush and he made these fuckers way rich because of it. He used fear and panic to beat the American people into a state of submission and by doing that,he enriched these people even more. Everything that George W. Bush has ever done has been to make these people that essentially raised him even more rich and powerful than they already were. That was the only point of having anything to do with that little fucking loser anyway, the dude was none too bright because he never had to be, and responsibility was never a part of his life either, so even though he came from a wealthy background, the only job that a cat like that could get was to be a politician that was in the pockets of the corporations, or else he could end up locked up somewhere because he caused a horrific traffic accident while driving drunk, and public outrage dictated that he had to be punished, and that was not somethinjg that would look good for the Bush family, so they groomed George W. to be a puppet politician for these special interests. Ever since he first got into the White House, George W. Bush has done exactly what he was raised to do. Everything that he has done has been a boon to Mr. Businessman, even if it looks like it was a complete disaster to the regular people. When things were at their worst in Iraq, they were at their best for Mr. Businessman, that is the way that the Bush Administration has done things.Now that he is due to leave office soon and wil no longer be of any use to these people that he was born to serve, he may have wanted to hand them a present before he went, and this is it. The timing and suddenness of it make that look like a possibility, all of these businesses start failing just a few months before the end of the Bush term and here comes George W. to the rescue, it makes it look like this was planned out all along, and when you factor in that we have an Administration that has shown that it is not at all above concocting all sorts of shit in order to further its agenda, it really starts to look suspicious. However, it is probably not all a pre-aranged plan, but rather, a looser plan that was put into place as a sort of safety net in case Mr. Businessman wrecked everything while he was running wild. He knew that he could count on Bush to be there when he finallly wrecked everything so he threw caution to the winds, knowing that when he failed, Bush would be there, and we are seeing that plan start to be enacted now as George W. Bush's last present to the people that got him places where he never deserved to be.

   The problem is that this last gift has been perceived as going too far not just by the American people, but by the American politicians. They are outraged at what Bush is doing here, althought they know full well why he is, but they also know that this is so blatant that Bush has indeed gone too far with his gifts to his people this time. The politicians know that this does not matter to Bush, because he is about to retire in a few months now and never have to bother with much of anything again, but they are not allo following him out the door come January 20th, and they know that the American people are going to want to have someone to hold accountable for this shit, and they are all afraid that it will be them. They have to get re-elected to continue their careers, and they know that the American people are mighty pissed off over this one and could very well take it out on the local Senators and Representatives on Election Day, because no one is erver going to be able to do anything about Bush over this no matter how it all turns out, he has a free pass for life. The American people may decide that they want all the politicians that were there for that swept out the door, and they don't want to lose their jobs just because Bush did his benefactors one last huge favor. So just about every politician in Washington, regardless of party affiliations, is backing away from Bush because of this, even the few die-hard supporters that he had left are distancing themselves from him over all this. So Bush is standing alone on this like never before, because it seems that everyone thinks that he has gone too far this time with this plan of his. We are probably going to hear from his own father about this before too long, and it is certain that the old man cannot be too pleased about any of this either. So everyone seems to think that Bush has gone too far this time, that is, everyone except the people that he intends on bailing out. We are not hearing anything from any of them or from the business commuity at large saying that Bush is doing something wrong, on the contrary, they are saying that they not only need that much money, but they need it now before things get worse. They are not lying either, because the fact that they had absolutely no incentive to act with any scruples at all these last seven-plus years meant that something like this was inevitable it was just a question of when. Alltherse other politicians that are fretting and fuming over it all really cannot do much of anythying either, because every single one of them is tied into the same people and the same scene,  just not to the extent that Bush is, not many people ever are tied in to that extent. That's why they feel that it has gone too far, because they are the ones that are going to be left holding the bag as far as they are concerned, they don't care about saddling the people with so much debt and shit, they only care about themselves and their well-connected jobs, and they do not want to lose them over something that Bush did. After all, they would feel betrayed by him, even though the dude has always been firmly a corporate man, his profession was politics, and these last seven-plus years, many of these politicians have had to work closely with Bush on this and that and they are pissed off that the dude is leaving them with something like this as he leaves their business and heads off into the sunset on the ranch. So they also feel that he has gone too far this time, but will even their lofty opinions mater on this subject in the end?

   The answer to that is a resounding no. No mater how much they think Bush has gone too far this time or how mad they are at him, they know that he has them backed into a corner one  last time and just has to get whatever he wants ot else disaster results. They know that they have to give Mr. Businessman all that money that is going to infuriate so many Americans, but they have no choice. It is up to them to try and make sure that they don't lose their jobs over this, and most probably shall be successful at it, but they are going to hold a major grudge against Bush for the rest of time. This act may very well be the final nail in the coffin for the political life of the Bush family, because their name is always going to be associated with this final act, because it is what comes at the end that most people remember about Presidents, and that means that Bush won't be remembered as the dashing and brave warrior of God that he wants to be, but as a man that was so deeply into the corporations agendas that he gave them more money than he gave the American military in a time of war. When you are this far into an Administration, just a few short months left, and everything is about image, the way in which the history books and assorted media wil remember you, something like this is a serious blow to that image. However, Bush probably does not even care about that, because he figures that it will only take a few years after he retires, by the next Presidential election cycle even, and people will forget about this all and remember him the way that his propaganda machine is going to tell you to remember him. He has to get exactly what he wants just like always, and if people think that he has gone too far this time, so what, he will be retired soon and does not have the time to top this one anymore. He had to thank the people that made it all possible for him one last time, and he did that the only way he knew how, by enriching them beyond all dreams, damn the costs to others. He knows that even if everything collapses due to all of this, that it wil only affect him minimally, if at all, and if the Senators and other assorted politicians that are bitching at him over this don't have that luxury, that is their  problem. There never has been anything that was too far fro George W. Bush, he has led a life that few others ever will, he was raised to be above and beyond everything and everyone, and that meant that he could never go too far. He is showing how well he learned that lesson now by doing this bailout shit, he knows that there are going to be a lot of people that are adversely affected by this all, but does not care about that, not having to care is a luxury that he got by living the life that he has. That is why he does not see this all as going too far, he sees it as rewarding those that helped him in life, even though those people don't really need much more rewarding from him. That is the kind of guy that George W. Bush is, and the shame of it all is that so much of America let themselves be duped by this guy for two Presidential terms, the ramificatons of which will be felt for most of the rest of this century. Yes, Bush has gone way too far this time, but there is nothing that anyone can do about it now, except learn lessons, and the very expensive lesson that America needs to learn out of this is to not let any more people like George W. Bush ascend to the Presidency, people that only care about the rich and corporations and no one else, because eight years of that shit has come fucking close to destroying America, and the people need to remember what they have seen these eight years and make sure that it never gets repeated again or someone else wil take things even farther than this.

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