A Free Iraq
Well, Iraq has done something many people thought would never happen today. I can't say how proud I am of our country and theirs. An entire country, millions and millions of people were able to take part in a democratic process that we ourselves take for granted. Iraq had a 61% voter turnout, and it wasn't just Shiites, Sunnis voted in large numbers too. Of course, there is little talk on the major news sites about how this came to be, but that's ok. I don't care if Bush's "approval" numbers are low, America has brought democracy to a place where before all they knew was singing forced praises to a cruel leader. Good luck to you Iraq.
As for those low numbers. President Bush only has 2% of the African-American approval right now. This of course is due to the hurricane, I have no doubt. And although I myself berated the country's slow response time to the hurricane, I am now under the belief that the President did what he could. He hired people that were supposedly capable of running Homeland Security and FEMA. Some are doing a decent job, and some have left. But let's not look over the New Orleans police department (I dare you to do a Google News search with that term) and of course there's New Orleans’s "do no wrong" mayor who's too busy rushing his people back into a destroyed city regardless of what FEMA says, then saying retreat once NOAA lets him in on a little breeze to the south they named "Rita". If Nagin would stop trying to cause fights with everyone and maybe try and work together, perhaps things would at least be a little less divisive, if anything. Louisiana’s governor is a real piece of work too.
One more thing, since I'm still on the soapbox... Kanye West, kiss my white republican butt. You disgust me with your hate. If you can't yell at the Grammy's for not winning your stupid award, might as well pick a fight with the President. Mr. West, the President is no racist... you are.
-EW
I promise, no more hurricane talk. ;-)