Salon: George W. Bush and the Damage Done

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President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.

Jan. 8, 2009 | After a couple of presidential terms, mismanagement in every area of policy -- foreign, domestic, even extraterrestrial -- starts to add up. When George W. Bush entered the White House in January 2001, he inherited peace and prosperity. The military, the Constitution and New Orleans were intact and the country had a budget surplus of $128 billion. Now he's about to dash out the door, leaving a large, unpaid bill for his successors to pay.

To get a sense of what kind of balance is due, Salon spoke to experts in seven different fields. Wherever possible, we have tried to express the damage done in concrete terms -- sometimes in lives lost, but most often just in money spent and dollars owed. What follows is an incomplete inventory of eight years of mis- and malfeasance, but then a fuller accounting would run, um, somewhat longer than three pages.

Story Here: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/08/damage/index.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. SOLON foresaw George Bush? Amazing!

He died in 559 bc, after all.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Oh, sure. Go ahead and edit your header. Gut my snark. See if I care.

[TWiley]

3. gotta be quick when ya don't know how to spell :>)

[renate]

4. K&R

That article is hella depressing.... :(

[Cabcere]

5. You know, I kind of find your sig pic offensive..

...to rabbits-with-pancakes-on-their-heads everywhere. ;) :hi: