While working out last night at the local gym I had some comic relief presented to me on one of the facilities’ TV monitors: Mr. Bush’s final State on the Union address. The broadcast was closed captioned so I had to read the man’s words instead of listening to his funky southern accent. Funny nonetheless. Here’s my impression: I think we, the American people, should insist that Mr. Bush stay on for another term as president of the US. We should insist that he remain president as long as it takes to give him the opportunity to leave this great country in as good a state as he found it in January of 2001. We should not expect too much of a man with Mr. Bush’s limited resources, but we should insist that he leave the place no worse than he found it. This includes

  • Fix the budget deficit and turn it into a budget SURPLUS, as it was when he entered office
  • End all wars that where started during his Presidency
  • Restore America’s image in the world to year 2000 levels
  • Reign in military and discretionary spending to year 2000 levels
  • Build strong relationships with Russia, China, Europe and Middle-Eastern countries
  • Renounce human-right’s abuses and legalized torture, like the US did in 2000
  • Focus on upcoming environmental challenges

We should not let this guy off the hook and slip into un-earned retirement. At the very least he can fly non-combat supply missions in Iraq or drive a truck or something.

Some highlights of the speech that Mr. Bush gave last night:

  • Here’s what Government-spending watchdog groups think about Mr.Bush’s executive order to ignore earmarks. Summary: Empty publicity stunt.
  • Al-Qaeda is ‘On The Run,’ Bush tells us. And "..our enemies in Iraq have been hit hard. They are not yet defeated, and we can still expect tough fighting ahead..", thereby conflating the thread of terrorism with the stupid, stupid stupid war in Iraq. Reality check: There were no terrorists threatening the US in Iraq before America engaged in this war of choice. We created this problem. I still say that Bush’s daughters should volunteer for combat missions in Iraq or Afghanistan. It would only be fair.
  • He says he’ll sign a 2008 budget that will cut the deficit in half, meaning we only need to borrow half the amount we needed to borrow last year. Don’t get me started on this b.s. Even if you believe in the tooth fairy you’d still have problems believing anything that Mr. Bush has to say when it comes to financial matters. I bet that in his family household it’s his wife who does the finances, at least I hope so, for the Bush’s sake.

I like this brief response by Barack Obama.