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THE GEORGE W BUSH LIBRARY / A TRIBUTE TO INCOMPETENCE
 (Illustration by Bob McGrath)
The George W Bush library will permanently fly a huge Mission Accomplished banner signifying that George Bush survived eight years of incompetence while shaming and bankrupting America ~ without being impeached, indicted or prosecuted for his shredding of the constitution and illegal war, occupation and economic rape of Iraq: Allen L Roland
The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the late planning stages. You will certainly want to be the first at your corporation to make a contribution to this great man's legacy. The Library will feature a giant Mission Acomplished banner as well as a huge cowboy boot with an emblazoned W.
No expense will be spared in recognizing the incompetence of perhaps the most morally corrupt President in our nation's history.
The library will concentrate on Bush's disasters since there are virtually no significant positive accomplishments during his eight year rein. The flag, as such, will refer to his self destructive accomplishments which have brought down virtually every company he has been associated with as well as bankrupting the United States ~ thus fulfilling his mother's prophesy " that George would never amount to anything ."
An outstanding example of Bush's misplaced priorities is his proposed military budget which will increase to one trillion dollars ~ a 70 percent since President Bush took office. FCNL calculates that the increase may be closer to 100 percent.
This amount of military spending has the effect of starving other domestic and international priorities as well as shortchanging programs that are vital to our security, health, and welfare as a nation ~ thus reinforcing Bush's irresponsibility and incompetence.
The Library will include:
A WALL OF SHAME which will include the 100 top mistakes of the George W Bush administration ( courtesy of the Center for American Progress ) and here are the top ten ~ http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/05/b64326.html;
1. Failing to build a real international coalition prior to the Iraq invasion, forcing the US to shoulder the full cost and consequences of the war.
2. Approving the demobilization of the Iraqi Army in May, 2003 – bypassing the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reversing an earlier position, the President left hundreds of thousands of armed Iraqis disgruntled and unemployed, contributing significantly to the massive security problems American troops have faced during occupation.
3. Not equipping troops in Iraq with adequate body armor or armored HUMVEES.
4. Ignoring the advice Gen. Eric Shinseki regarding the need for more troops in Iraq – now Bush is belatedly adding troops, having allowed the security situation to deteriorate in exactly the way Shinseki said it would if there were not enough troops.
5. Ignoring plans drawn up by the Army War College and other war-planning agencies, which predicted most of the worst security and infrastructure problems America faced in the early days of the Iraq occupation.
6. Making a case for war which ignored intelligence that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.
7. Deriding "nation-building" during the 2000 debates, then engaging American troops in one of the most explicit instances of nation building in American history.
8. Predicting along with others in his administration that US troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq.
9. Predicting Iraq would pay for its own reconstruction.
10. Wildly underestimating the cost of the war.
A highlight of the museum will be the ROOMS OF DECEIT which include;
1. The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.
2. The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you can't remember anything.
3. The Texas Air National Guard Room, where you don't have to even show up.
4. The Walter Reed Hospital Room, where they don't let you in.
5. The Guantanamo Bay Room, where they don't let you out.
6. The Weapons of Mass Destruction Room (which no one has been able to find).
7. The Iraq War Room. After you complete your first tour, they make you go back for a second, third, fourth, and sometimes fifth tour.
8. The Dick Cheney Room, in the famous undisclosed location, complete with shooting gallery.
9. Plans also include: The K-Street Project Gift Shop - where you can buy (or just steal) an election.
10. The Airport Men's Room, where you can meet some of your favorite Republican Senators.
11. Last, but not least, there will be an entire floor devoted to a 7/8 scale model of the President's ego.
Of course, there will be an autographed copy of "My Pet Goat", which is in a climate-controlled, laser-beam protected, heat-proof, shatter-proof case.
To highlight the President's only positive accomplishments, the museum will have an electron microscope available to help you locate them. Good luck ~
Allen L Roland http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2008/02/07.html
Freelance Online columnist Allen L Roland is available for comments , interviews and speaking engagements ( allen@allenroland.com )
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website allenroland.com He also guest hosts a monthly national radio show TRUTHTALK on www.conscioustalk.net
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