I heard it with my own two ears, people. Today, the President made a huge slip of the tongue. No, it wasn’t a Bushism–a mispronunciation of a simple word. I’m talking about the President’s speech today on energy. He said:

…this administration is not going to tolerate manipulation. We expect our consumers to be treated fairly(emphasis mine).

So we are their consumers? How far we’ve come–from the days when the Presidency was seen as a political force of the people, a mountain of a man standing between two torrential opposing forces: the creation of law, its application, and its enforcement. Now, the President is the protector of our consumer rights. If protecting the American consumer’s wallet from price gouging (especially when a significant percentage of the cost of oil is going to government taxes); then perhaps I was wrong in not voting for Ralph Nader. After all, doesn’t he have the better track record when it comes to protecting the consumer from “big business?”

Look, I voted for Bush twice because he was a member of big business. I felt we needed a corporate atmosphere in Washington. I was right but, like all things, the politicians took it too far. Instead of finding a better bottom line by cutting costs and driving efficiency into the processes, the government has become an even worse trough for the greedy to feed at. And even worse, it’s all been justified by war and a climate of absolute fear.

I still don’t think I made a mistake in voting for Bush but I would really appreciate a significant measure of restraint in Washington. And having Bush tell us he’s going to protect us from big business is like Keith Richards saying he’s going to win the War on Drugs.

LINKS:
Bush’s Speech Today

NOTES:
Notice that the dark camels in the picture above are actually shadows–the white things are the camels. Wild, isn’t it? (Hat tip to my father-in-law for sending me the pic)

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