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Back to the original topic, I'd just like to point out some of the things the Bush administration has created:
1) The PATRIOT act. Yes, I realize that it was created out of 9/11 panic and that it is set to expire. So, basically, what the Bush administration is telling us is that it's perfectly ok to ignore our rights as long as it's for a limited time. Golly gee, well, in that case, why not start putting [insert group name here] into internment camps, but make the law only 4 years long, that way if they made a mistake they can correct it once the panic goes down. I realize that's an extreme, but I take any violation of my constitutional rights very seriously. The fact that the police can force a library to tell them what books I've taken out without my knowledge is just insane.
2) Holding non-citizens at Guantanimo bay for indefinate periods of time with no proof of wrong-doing, no lawyer, no public knowledge... the list goes on. How can we put up with this? Do humans not have inaliable rights anymore?
3) The war in Iraq was hurried and mis-directed. I'm certaintly not saying that it didn't do good, but I am saying that it shouldn't have happened... yet. I think we have much greater threats to worry about, such as dismantalling terrorist organizations and putting more pressure on countries such as North Korea who we know have nukes that can reach us in the US, and Saudi Arabia, who are well known for funding and harboring terrorists.
4) Scientific research funcing is at an all-time low under the Bush administration. Bush seems to believe that a worker at McDonalds does as much for society as a tenured professor researching for alternative energy methods. Also, he seems to believe that the environment is a plaything that we can do what we want with.
5) Bush is heavliy motivated by corperate concerns over the concerns of citizens. Maybe he forgets who put him into office in the first place. Oh, nevermind, that was the corperations, not the citizens.
The list goes on, but I'm sure it has all been argued before. Anyway, my point is this. Bush did these things in his first 4 years. These 4 years he has had to worry that all his decisions would come up when it came time for re-election. Can you imagine the sorts of things he would do if re-elected, knowing that there would be little reprocussion for his actions from the voters? Personally, I don't want to find out.
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