I Blame George W. Bush
There are some terrible things going on in the world. I don’t know a whole lot about most of these things, but I do know one thing for certain: George W. Bush is responsible.
And don’t ask me why I think he is responsible. I just feel like he is, and that’s good enough for me. (It should be good enough for you, too.)
Oh sure, you can try other reasons for bad things happening, but when you break it down to the root causes, it’s really about three things: George, W., and Bush.
Thankfully, in some places in the world, good things are happening. While beacons of light like the United Nations and the European Union can sometimes be thanked for these, I believe that this good stuff happens as a direct result of the absence of George W. Bush.
I think it is fair to say that there is a direct relationship between the distance of places from George W. Bush (or where George W. Bush has been or unleashed all his policies) and the good things that happen.
Where there is injustice, war, despair, hunger, famine, disease, global warming or inequality, George W. Bush is not far afield.
No matter what it is! Are you tired today? Back sore? Did your daily commute take an extra 3 minutes and 37 seconds today? Let’s all put blame where blame belongs: George W. Bush.
Newfoundland to Become Have Province!
Remember that headline?
Before Danny Williams was elected, Newfoundland (as it was then known) was on the brink of becoming a have province. The news was everywhere! I remember reading it with both surprise and delight. It’s tough to build an economy on a rock: and finally they’ve done it. Way to go! It was good for them and good for Canada.
Then some bully gets elected and starts chasing out the industry that was turning around the province: namely mining, and of course, offshore oil. In the process, he also chased out the next generation (ironically, in large part, to oil services jobs in Alberta).
Now the guy who almost singlehandedly sunk the province is at 70-something in the polls because he is making some loudmouth threats while chasing some elusive federal “equalization” money. The amount he’s chasing, of course, is far less than the lost revenue from resource royalties and industrious young people that he just finished chasing away — but that’s not the point!
Wake up Newfoundland and Labrador: there is an evil force lurking amongst you. It’s not the evil corporations, the evil federal government, the evil Stephen Harper or the evil mainlanders: it’s Danny Williams.
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