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George Bush is Concerned About America Losing its Soul

Dan Froomkin notes at White House Watch that George Bush was recently asked why he cares so much about the issue of immigration.

"I'm deeply concerned about America losing its soul," Bush said. "Immigration has been the lifeblood of a lot of our country's history." He added: "If we don't solve the problem it's going to affect America. It will affect our economy and it will affect our soul."

He was not concerned about our soul when he mislead a country into war and questioned the patriotism of anyone who objected, nor when he failed to provide health care for the wounded of that war, nor when he suspended habeas corpus, nor when he fought Congress to keep it from passing an anti-torture bill. He was not concerned when he authorized the government to spy on American citizens, nor when the Abu Ghraib photos were released, nor when he underfunded the very education reform bill he touts as his greatest domestic achievement. He was not concerned when federal agencies left a city to drown, nor when Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, and Duke Cunningham turned Congress into a cash register, nor when a congressman was exposed preying on little boys. He was not concerned when he rang up the biggest budget deficits of all time, nor when he appointed a man who had just attempted an end-run around the Justice Department to run the Justice Department, nor when his vice president invited energy companies to help make energy policy, nor when his administration ignored global climate change, the greatest threat to our nation and the world in his lifetime. He wasn't concerned when he pushed to enshrine bigotry against homosexuals into the Constitution, nor when his Administration paid American journalists to support its policies, nor when it was revealed that the military was planting stories in the Iraqi media while simultaneously teaching Iraqis about the freedom of the press.

No. After six and a half years of turning this country into a banana republic that is hated by most of the world, our president is finally concerned. Well, thanks George. We're glad to see you're paying attention.

Comments

nice

Posted by: Chris Jones on 05/31/07 at 7:35 AM Respond

If only this post made it to primetime. Too bad the dirty deeds of his minions were not included.

Posted by: almandine on 05/31/07 at 7:46 AM Respond

Sadly enough, even this extensive accounting doesn't cover everything. Why hasn't this guy been impeached? America has already lost its' soul...

Posted by: Wendy on 05/31/07 at 9:43 AM Respond

George "Soul Man" Bush. Hmmm.

Reminds me of Neil Young's song "Campaigner":

Traffic cops are all color blind.
People steal from their own kind.
Evening comes to early for a stroll.
Down neon streets the streaker streaks.
The speaker speaks,
but the truth still leaks,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

The podium rocks in the crowded waves.
The speaker talks of the beautiful saves
That went down long before
he played this role
For the hotel queens and the magazines,
Test tube genes and slot machines
Where even Richard Nixon got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got it,
Soul.

Hospitals have made him cry,
But there's always a free way in his eye,
Though his beach just got
too crowded for his stroll.
Roads stretch out like healthy veins,
And wild gift horses strain the reins,
Where even Richard Nixon has got soul.
Even Richard Nixon has got
Soul.

Posted by: Deacon on 05/31/07 at 10:55 AM Respond

That totally makes up for the last post. Really.

Posted by: Anne on 05/31/07 at 5:21 PM Respond

you know, i think that the right wings that is against the immigration bill is kind of racist, because they only focus on the southern borders, there are many illegal immigrants that are from asia, africa, and europe, and i don't hear anyone saying anything about that.

Posted by: melissa on 05/31/07 at 8:31 PM Respond

Jonathan is right. Ironically, he has aided Americans in losing just about everything else. Why is so worried about our "soul?"
Who is this self-righteous idiot anyway? He has pilfered our purse, laid waste to the constitution, destroyed our reputation with the rest of world, and sent thousands of young soldiers to their eternal rest. I think it's time he worried about his own soul.

Posted by: Terminal Degree on 05/31/07 at 9:27 PM Respond

Barely scratching the surface - some links I'd like to share, for those who are interested:

The Immigration Bill (which can be read here: http://www.total411.info/Immigration070518.pdf ) is part of the Corporate Agenda to conquer and control all of us THE WORLD OVER. Both Democrats AND Republicans are losing their parties right now because we the American People are losing our country. This bill has the underlying intention of furthering the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, which WILL destroy our Republic if it is allowed into being:

Official site for this unconstitutional ‘partnership’ is here: http://www.spp.gov/
The Canadian Green Party has a great FAQ here: http://www.greenparty.ca/en/policy/spp_FAQ#5.

PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS!!! OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS THREATENED FROM THESE TRAITORS POSING AS OUR GOVERNMENT!!!!

I thought this Youtube video was pure BS but if you dig around you’ll see there’s something sinister going on here, all connected with the Immigration PLAN and the “Partnership”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPTi4

Check THIS out:

Homeland Security Contracts KBR (a division of Haliburton) for Vast New Detention Centers in US:
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=eed74d9d44c30493706fe03f4c9b3a77

Finally, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is now being pushed by Bush Co for a quick vote. This is what all his environmental BS is about. This isn’t getting news coverage but some conservatives are onto it: copy and paste:

http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_21283741.shtml

UNCLOS was formely the Land of the Sea Treaty (LOST http://www.aim.org/guest_column/5493_0_6_0_C/ ):

How the Cable Industry (the one that is trying to steal our internet commons away from the PEOPLE via stripping us of net neutrality) will benefit from UNCLOS being passed.
Straight from the devil’s mouth:
http://www.hklaw.com/Publications/OtherPublication.asp?ArticleID=3477

All of this makes Directive 51 make perfectly evil sense: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFB_a3_VNnc

I am not inclined to conspiracy theories, but after digging around I have no doubt something evil this way comes!!

Posted by: gracefounddog on 05/31/07 at 11:30 PM Respond

The Bigger the Lie, the easier it is to believe...

Why do we continue to listen to this endless mindless babble? George and Dick lie to us every time they open their mouths.
Im through listening. I'm just waiting for them all to leave 16oo pensylvania avenue....the sooner the better.

Who in their right mind would want to come behind this stench to clean it up?
AMERICA will never be the same..and we all know why, dont we?

Posted by: nadine on 06/01/07 at 10:46 AM Respond