To understand Conservatism you basically have to realize that it's proponents are either:
1. Greedy.
2. Unhinged.
3. Or some combination of the above. Hint: For the majority it's Number 3.
To understand the greed and insanity of our own appointed (not elected) president all you have to do is read a segment of journalist Robert Draper's new book "Dead Certain". It's a collection of interviews with the idiot in chief.
But before you read the following segment pre published in the Washington Post note these facts:
George W. Bush has failed at every enterprise he's ever worked on or invested in.
Whether it was his oil ventures given to him by rich Saudis through the presidency he's failed clear across the board.
OK so now since he's considering his not soon enough exit from the political stage in 2009, what is his number one interest AFTER leaving office?
Could it be "Habitat For Humanity" as does the superlative former pPresident Jimmy Carter?
Hardly. No for George W. Bush his main goal will simply be to make money:
Bush considered whether to cooperate with the book for several months, Draper reports. The two men met for the first time on Dec. 12, 2006, and at the conclusion, the president agreed to another interview. In one of the interviews, he looked ahead to his post-presidency, talking of his plans to build an institute focused on freedom and to "replenish the ol' coffers" by giving paid speeches. From:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/02/AR2007090201422_2.html?hpid=topnewsIn short Bush wants to go back to "making a lot of money". Wonder which company he'll fuck up in the process? Now that's a given...
You know when i was a small child growing up our good teachers had us think about what we wanted to be when we were all grown. Besides the obvious choice of Astronaut or Fireman there seemed to me to be a consensus that we kids were gonna do something to make the world a better place.
Not necessarily to make a lot of money. Not as a specific goal by itself.
Just to contribute something was what we wanted. We'd witnessed in our early years the tragic loss of a GOOD President who invented the Peace Corps. The concept of good people doing good things without making tons of money nor certainly NOT at someone else's expense was the main thought pattern of not only myself but a lot of my peers.
And what kind of a president did we get?: A foolhardy shit fer brains Frat Bully who has never had to work a real job in his life.