[Rhodes22-list] President Bush's Resignation (political - duh!!)

[Herb Parsons]

Brad, I was there that weekend. I left.

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Thanks Herb!
>
> "I could say more about your expectations that the government will always
> be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city
> that's below sea level and has a Cat 5 hurricane approaching."
>
> No shit!
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 12:05 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Got this from a friend. Those of you that are excited by the subject
>> line might want to brace yourselves:
>>
>> =====
>>
>> If Bush resigned today, this is what his speech might be.....
>>
>> Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans", not
>> doing it this time.  If the polls are any indication, I don't know who
>> more than half of you are anymore.  I do know something terrible has
>> happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.
>>
>> I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit.  Now before anyone gets all in
>> lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution,
>> let me assure you: There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable
>> offenses in this office.
>>
>> The reason I'm quitting is simple.  I'm fed up with you people. I'm fed
>> up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the
>> world.  Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours.  And
>> the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure
>> it out.
>>
>> Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and
>> the news media.  Polls show that the majority of you think the economy
>> is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners,
>> including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners.  And while we're
>> mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership
>> is at an all-time high.  Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was
>> during the Clinton administration.  I've mentioned all those things
>> before, but it doesn't  sink in.
>>
>> Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded
>> to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these
>> markets.  Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most
>> of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because
>> there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a
>> small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and
>> beachfront property than your economic security.
>>  We face real threats in the world.
>>
>> Don't give me this "blood for oil" crap.  If I were trading blood for
>> oil I would've already seized   Iraq 's oil fields and let the rest of
>> the country go to hell.  And don't give me this 'Bush Lied; People Died'
>> crap either.  If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've
>> easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be
>> 'discovered.'  Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was
>> faulty.
>>
>> Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the
>> goods, same as me.  Let me also remind you that regime change in   Iraq
>> was official   US policy before I came into office.   Clinton
>> established that policy.  Bet you didn't know that, did you?
>>
>> You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during
>> the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic
>> models squaring off.  We won that war, but we did so because
>> fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do.  We were
>> simply able to out spend and out-tech them.
>>
>> That's not the case this time.  The soldiers of our new enemy don't care
>> if they survive.  In fact, they want to die.  That'd be fine, as long as
>> they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they
>> can.  But they are.  They want to kill you, and the bastards are all
>> over the globe. You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more
>> of us here in the   United States since September 11.  But you're not.
>> That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of
>> intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people
>> have worked to make sure of that.  When this whole mess started, I
>> warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight.  I'm
>> disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight
>> amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'
>>
>> Instead, you've grown impatient.  You're incapable of seeing things
>> through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do.  You think
>> that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.
>>
>> Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy.
>> Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to
>> a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, you might just as
>> well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist.  It amounts to the same
>> thing.
>>
>> In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over
>> the Internet,  it just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on
>> NBC News.  But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of
>> you would rather watch American Idol.
>>
>> I could say more about your expectations that the government will always
>> be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city
>> that's below sea level and has a Cat 5 hurricane approaching.
>>
>> I could say more about your idiotic belief that government, not your own
>> wallet, is where the money comes from.  But I've come to the conclusion
>> that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.
>>
>> So, I quit.  I'm going back to Crawford.  I've got an energy-efficient
>> house down there (Al Gore could only dream of) and the capability to be
>> fully self-sufficient.  No one ever heard of Crawford before I got
>> elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear
>> of it again.  Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the
>> last pillars of   America fall.
>>
>> Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too.
>>
>> That means Pelosi is your new President.  You asked for it - you can
>> have her.  Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer
>> of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough
>> to turn this thing around in 2008.
>>
>> So that's it.
>>
>> God bless what's left of   America  Some of you know what I mean.  The
>> rest of you - kiss my ass!
>>
>> --
>> Herb Parsons
>> S/V O'Jure - O'Day 25
>> S/V Reve de Pappa - Coronado 35
>>
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