Bush-ism - historical reference or operational imperative?

(Vol.1, Issue 3.)

Its not fashism - worse - it is bushism
Originally uploaded by Boris from Vienna

In an age when anger and madness run unchecked throughout the world. One critical thought is best remembered "All that is necessary for evil to prosper is that good men do nothing" (Edmund Burke) In an effort to avoid being branded "a bad american", as Mr. O'Reilly so aptly put those who would criticize the current American government; men of good conscience and equally good common sense have kept silent for far too long.

The sound of such silence can be heard in the clamor of our allies fleeing American society. How did we come to such a place? It's about that time, when Americans traditionally start asking such questions as who knew what, how much did they know and when did they know it.

Have we been bamboozled once again?

It seems to me this is just an old idea being spouted from a new person - McCarthyism most notably defined the term "anti-americanism". Bush-isms are a throwback to such a time - a time when for a while good people were afraid to stand up.

Not to say that everything coming from the White House is wrong. I mean many people like to examine facts. Intelligent folks like to determine courses of actions based on facts and constraints of the situation. Common sense is the very foundation of our justice system.

Unfortunately, for far too long the White House and the President continue to use inappropriate arguments on behalf of their points of view. Appeals to emotion rather than logic, invalid associations and, lack of evidential support for conclusions leave the public with little choice but to discount the arguments and in general the statements made by individuals as ambiguous and faulty at best. When one speaks with a forked tongue can any speech be true?

These Bush-isms include logic that amounts to "that's the way it is because I said it's so...". This operational expedience has taken the form of Presidential prerogatives way too far. A President of the United States is not King. Most notably, even a two year old will not accept these arguments (as many parents may attest to).

Now after much hoopla, many Americans are turning a deaf ear to GWB. It may be too little too late as every practical check on overuse of the environment are now a memory. Business, Societal and Governmental ethics have lapsed, as have the agencies that heretofore have policed these areas.

History it seems, is doomed to repeat itself, if we learn nothing from our examination of the past.