Joyanna Adams

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Remembering Our Presidents

Nobody Remembers

Once again, the timing of the dedication of x-President, George W. Bush’s library, couldn’t have had come at a more propitious time. The nation had just been attacked by Muslim radicals, giving the Bush family a platform to remind us all, that Bush kept us safe throughout the rest of his Presidency after 9/11. And in this light, it was okay for George himself to push for another Bush in the White House: His brother, Jeb.

As I watched the former Presidents all standing, and then the speeches, I can’t say that any one of them talked about what THEY had done for our country. It was all about how they, while doing the ‘toughest’ job in the world…changed the world, and plan to keep on doing it.

Not much about helping America. No mention of the hard times we are going through now.

I posted Jimmy Carter’s speech, simply because to me,  what all of the former Presidents seem to be most proud about is what they have accomplished in other countries. That’s all they bragged about in all their speeches.  According to the former Presidents, Bush’s best legacy was his work on aids in Africa. Clinton, Carter, and Obama all mentioned it.

George W. himself continued his great theme of globalization. America’s future is to spread democracy around the world. Never mind that since Bush and Obama, the trillions of American dollars spent to spread democracy around the world has not done a damn thing but strengthen more tyrants and America haters abroad, and destroyed the economy at home.

The theme of Bush’s library is freedom. But…while he dreams of spreading freedom all over the world, in America, the citizens continue to lose theirs.

The Bush doctrine is that only in freedom will democracy flourish, while true and noble….it makes no sense to a religion based on anything BUT freedom. All the children of Islam are brainwashed before they start to walk. I guess Bush thinks sometime 3,000 years from now, the world’s population of Muslims will decide to vote for someone who goes against everything they’ve learned from birth, and will thank George Bush for saving them from poverty and giving them democracy.

Frankly, I don’t see it happening.

Nobody Thinks that the reason all these Presidents have to praise themselves on how what they personally did to further and help the world is because none of them have down a damn thing to help Americans. All of them are too busy helping the rest of the world. Globalization may make good speeches and wonderful ideas for American Presidents who build multi-billion dollar museums to themselves and keep their own families working forever, but they all just become another part of the 1 percent that live among the rich and famous. The Presidential  museums will be the last remaining things standing if we keep on this “We will fix the world” path.

George W. Bush comes off as a very sweet and likable man, but so does Bill Clinton. But, they were paid to work for America…not to eliminate poverty all over the world because it makes them feel better about themselves. (Or helps out big corporations who want into the global markets.) We must not judge Presidents on how much we like them as people, but on what they have done for us. And let’s be frank: None of them can be considered great.

So, when Bush started crying at the end of his speech— when he said the future of America will be great…a lot of us felt like crying with him. Everyone said he was crying because of all his friends. But to those watching, he was crying because America might never recover, and he knows it.

Personally, I don’t think Bush is that dumb.

Instead of talking about what they have all done for America, all they could talk about is how much money they sent out to the rest of the world. It’s enough to make you mad. And we still have good men dying in Afghanistan.

After the ceremony, I came across this video of Daniel Hannan, explaining how Margaret Thatcher took a dying England and brought it back to life.  It’s what we need here. A President that takes care of his country: FIRST.

That’s what we should have heard today: George W. Bush could have brought America’s strength back. Instead, he choose his own course of “saving the world.”..and because he chose the wrong course, the communists, came forward.

George…you broke my heart.

You know, maybe our “Presidents” should just start building their libraries in Africa, and Iraq, and all over the world. And I apologize tonight to anyone who feels I’m too cynical about them all, because frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn about any of them.

And I will spend the rest of my life, trying NOT to remember the years I spent feeling betrayed, by each and every one of them.

April 26, 2013 - Posted by | Angry Citizens, Globalization, Presidents, Uncategorized | , , , , , , , , , ,

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  1. I did not see this event personally but I did read the comments by others, Joyanna. Andrew Bolt (an Oz journalsist and blogger) posted this today, quoting from the Washingtom Times and others…………….

    Shortly after Barack Obama was elected in 2008, a fellow reporter who’d covered President George W. Bush all eight years told me she’d had enough of the travel and stress and strain of the White House beat, that she was moving on…

    I asked her if she’d miss covering President Obama.

    “Not at all. He’s an inch deep. Bush is a bottomless chasm, a deep, mysterious, emotional, profound man. Obama is all surface — shallow, obvious, robotic, and, frankly, not nearly as smart as he thinks. Bush was the one.”

    …By the way, she’s a hardcore Democrat.

    But she was right. And that contrast was apparent to all who watched Thursday’s ceremonial event to open W’s new presidential library in Dallas….

    Jimmy Carter … was first to speak. But he was, as always, befuddled.

    …he opened with, “In 2000, as some of you may remember, there was a disputed election for several weeks.” Nice way to start. He then took credit for giving W the idea to intercede in Sudan… He never mentioned 9-11 and the war on terror, or the commander in chief’s leadership during America’s most trying hour. Which is why his comments lasted just 3¼ minutes.

    Bill Clinton followed. He, of course, spoke twice as long, filling his speech with jokes and faux humility. He was his usual affable self… But… Mr. Clinton, for all his prodigious gifts, will always be the class clown…

    George H.W. Bush, turning 90 in June, was a welcome respite. Somewhat frail now, he spoke only briefly from his wheelchair, but garnered two standing ovations — and the biggest laugh of the day from his oldest son. After his remarks, just 24 seconds, he shook his boy’s hand and said, deadpan, “Too long?”

    President Obama took the podium next. Every bit as cunning as Slick Willy, his speech too was filled with fake self-effacing insights, including one on “the world’s most exclusive club,” which he said “is more like a support group.”… Then, on a day that was intended to be without politics, he hawked his push for amnesty…

    Mr. Obama skipped the praise he had laid on W the night before. “Whatever our political differences, President Bush loves this country and loves its people and shares that same concern and was concerned about all people in America, not just those who voted Republican. I think that’s true about him, and I think that’s true about most of us.”

    Except it’s not. Especially not this president. He has made his presidency about dividing America — along lines of class, sex, race, sexuality, you name it…

    Then, finally, W took the podium…. He gave a profound lesson to his successor and his predecessor: “In democracy, the purpose of public office is not to fulfill personal ambition. Elected officials must serve a cause greater than themselves…

    “As president, I tried to act on these principles every day. It wasn’t always easy and it certainly wasn’t always popular … And when our freedom came under attack, we made the tough decisions required to keep the American people safe,” he said to loud applause.

    But it was the end that gave us the truest glimpse of the man… With tears in his eyes, his voice breaking, he said: “It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the United States….” By the end he was in tears, barely able to creak out: “God bless.”..

    But there was one last classy move not many saw. The program nearly over, Sgt. 1st Class Alvy R. Powell Jr. came to the side of the stage to perform the “Star Spangled Banner.” A big, powerful black man, Mr. Powell belted out the anthem. With the crowd applauding, the sergeant moved along the line of people, shaking hands with all. After greeting W, he turned to go. But the 43rd president put his hand on the sergeant’s arm and said, “Stay,” just as a chaplain stepped forward to give a benediction.

    UPDATE
    Peggy Noonan saw the same ceremony and is more gracious to Carter (“gracious and humorous”) and Clinton (“generous to others” and “funny”). But on Obama she is agreed:

    This week something changed. George W. Bush is back, for the unveiling of his presidential library. His numbers are dramatically up. You know why? Because he’s the farthest thing from Barack Obama.

    Obama fatigue has opened the way to Bush affection.

    In all his recent interviews Mr. Bush has been modest, humorous, proud but unassuming, and essentially philosophical: History will decide. No finger-pointing or scoring points. If he feels rancor or resentment he didn’t show it. He didn’t attempt to manipulate. His sheer normality seemed like a relief, an echo of an older age.

    And all this felt like an antidote to Obama—to the imperious I, to the inability to execute, to the endless interviews and the imperturbable drone, to the sense that he is trying to teach us, like an Ivy League instructor taken aback by the backwardness of his students. And there’s the unconscious superiority…

    Here’s a hunch: The day of the opening of the Bush library was the day Obama fatigue became apparent as a fact of America’s political life.

    When Bush left office, his approval rating was down in the 20s to low 30s. Now it’s at 47%, which is what Obama’s is. That is amazing, and not sufficiently appreciated…

    The headline of the Bush Library remarks is that everyone was older and nicer… (But) President Obama was more formal than the other speakers and less confident than usual, as if he knew he was surrounded by people who have something he doesn’t… He veered into current policy disputes, using Mr. Bush’s failed comprehensive immigration reform to buttress his own effort. That was manipulative, graceless and typical.

    ………………

    Again, from a personal perspective, I have not seen a Statesman President in my adult lifetime. I accept that all people are flawed. I accept that ‘Power’, Fame and Wealth are the main motivators of politicians. I recognise that the world is a complex place that really does need some tidying up. But the people who have risen to the Highest Offices in your land, my land, indeed most lands in the past 50 years have not exhibited any qualities abundant enough in those people to exceed that found in you or I. And they make the place less tidy.

    Silly old bugger that I am I have always found someone better than I in some respect or other that I could look up to. Mentors in my earlier years were thick on the ground and I could choose wise, virtuous and intelligent men (and women) who excelled in the spheres of my interests and professions from who I could learn and test myself against.** But in Politics I saw and continue to see no-one I can look up to let alone Trust.

    I see around me many people who are best desribed as one used to describe the ‘British Soldier’, “Lions led by donkeys”. Except that donkeys are useful pack-animals. Now all we see are Asses, with Obama excelling only in hairy ear size.

    (** Aside…. I was one of the very best aircraft controllers of my generation in the RAF. There were 700 of us thereabout. I recieved many commendations. But when asked I could always point to a few others whose skill, temperament, sheer intellectual brilliance at solving the problems that controllers constantly face, exceeded mine – in my opinion. ((My ‘nick-name’ was “Brains” 🙂 I had to work hard to live up to that one. )) There were always men at the job that I considered ‘better’.)

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    • Thanks for your comments amfortas…I tend to see them all as a part of the big political monstrosity that all of them cannot change, but love to play the politicians and get great fortunes from.   Why else would you spend billions to get a job that pays less than a hedge fund manager? Oh..well, there’s the insider trading, isn’t there?   Bush was the smartest of the bunch…nevertheless…he is his daddy’s son. While they act with ‘class’ , we must remember, Bush started the bailouts, and I was wondering while I was watching their typical speeches: Whose is REALLY behind the curtain?   Right now, many Americans would rather see the ‘classless’ Duck Dynasty family in the White House. A little less class and a lot more honesty would do us all fine.   Bush and his father are with the Rockefeller Republicans, which are all about changing the world for a one world government. America, will lose it’s sovereignty…but they rationalize that THEY are saving the world, thereby they are saving America, even if America (and all the rest of the West) has to someday cater to an unelected few oligarchs.   I don’t trust any of them.

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