Bush’s Good Ol’ Boy Shuck and Jive

Bush conned only half the voters in the US and no matter how much he shuffles and dances, he’s having no success at all in Europe. As the New York Times reported this morning regarding Bush’s gestures of good will to Europe, “The initial reaction was generally cool. European commentators asked what new war Mr. Bush might embark on in the name of his idealism, and portrayed his global bid to eliminate tyranny as hubris or hypocrisy.” The biggest blow to the White House’s assumption that the world will happily bend over for a butt-hump from the USA is Bush’s pick for Secretary of State. Condoleezza Rice said, during her confirmation hearings this past week, “When judging a course of action, I will never forget that the true measure of its worth is whether it is effective.” Translation: If I give three cents, I want four cents back from Americans, and a full nickel from the rest of the world. Rice says that as Secretary of State she will use diplomacy in her dealings with the world. She doesn’t know how. Actually, her tenure should be fun to watch. When Condi Rice smiles it’s like watching a hyena lick its chops before making a sneak attack. An executioner wearing a black hood would be a more effective diplomat than Ms Rice. For Bush, the good news about his close association with Condoleezza Rice is that no one could ever imagine extracurricular canoodlings going on. (My computer just involuntarily wrote Eeeuwww!) The consensus around the world is that when a country wants to free itself from tyranny, the impetus has to come from within. But the White House plans for ending tyranny in the world are like that of a piranha, or more precisely, like the Borg’s bitch-queen in the Star Trek Voyager series whose mantra was , “Resistance is futile”. Nota Bene to the Bush/Rice duo: Lose the Freedom/Liberty baloney re your plans to take over the world. Nobody’s buying it.