in one my early posts on this blog i said, "i think george w. bush is the worst american president in the past 40 years." i posted those timid comments on march 31, 2003. earlier this week the german news site der spiegel online published an interview with george a. akerlof, a 2001 nobel laureate in economics, who teaches at u.c. berkeley. speaking of the bush administration, prof. akerlof says, "i think this is the worst american government the u.s. has ever had in its more than 200 years of history." so with cover from prof. akerlof, i'll expand my earlier opinion to embrace just how awful our current situation is. unlawful combatants detained for extrajudicial proceedings, military tribunals, if you're not with us you're against us, ashcroft's absurd claims that free speech aids terrorists, tax breaks for the wealthy while reducing services to the poor, screwing verterans out of their benefits, abrogating international treaties, proposing an unashamedly unilateralist global domination for the u.s.a., all this has nothing to do with the declaration of independence, the u.s. constitution, the statue of liberty, or the visceral dream of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for which the u.s.a. has been the flag bearer. like martin luther king, jr., i too have a dream of people living together and getting along. bush & cheney do not share this dream. the regime of bush & cheney represents a nightmarish assault on these principles. the policies of the current american adminsitration threaten freedom, independence and democracy here at home and throughout the world. we have to throw them out of office in 2004. the fair and honest minded people of the world are counting on us.
posted by Will Ross at 11:25