The arrogant idea of George W. Bush America is summed up when Americans say, "We don't need the world. We are the United States of America!" We'll never miss a chance to say, "Forget about France." Spain? "They are weak on terror." Who needs the United Nations? "Not us. We're going to carpet bomb our way to freedom." Nothing is freer than dead, right? "Send those anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-freedom bastards straight back to hell where they came from!" So Bush says, "Bring it on."

It's pretty easy to be top dog and piss on all the pups. California rivals the economy of France itself, fifth only to Britain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. I've heard Republicans who are proud to tell you that the margin of victory for the Bush campaign was more votes than the population in France, as if that means a damn thing. Bush wins roughly thirty percent of the United States' approval and he has a mandate. He has a justification for his wars, for John Ashcroft, and for Donald Rumsfeld.

When prisoners are tortured, raped, and murdered in the same prisons Saddam tortured, raped, and murdered the Iraqi people in, that was just a mistake in the chain of command. That was just some bad seeds. When the U.N. is caught in a scandal about Oil-For-Food, that was a bunch of evil people padding their pockets. That proves the uselessness of the U.N.

It turns out that this jingoistic world view is actually hurting American business. A study found that "Nearly two thirds of European and Canadian consumers also said they believe U.S. foreign policy is guided primarily by self-interest and empire-building, while only 17 percent believe that the defense of freedom and democracy is its guiding principle." Yeah, we don't need them though. We'll buy, sell, and trade our own products.

When will we learn? What in the hell goes through peoples mind when they think we can disregard the entire world and drive forward with our own agenda, with our own wars? "Nearly half believe that the war in Iraq was motivated by a desire to control oil supplies, while only 15 percent believed it was related to terrorism." The motto of the Bush campaign has sometimes been, "Actions speak louder than words," and how is that not true in the "war on terror"?

When we protect the oil supply before we protect the hospitals and utilities, that sends a message to the world. When we let the people loot and burn their own museums which contained the worlds oldest relics and we were too busy getting the refineries back in service, that sends a message. When Rumsfeld sends soldiers to war with "what they have" and then doesn't even sign their condolence letters home to their parents telling that their child died for their nation, that sends a message. When Bush won't even make a public statement when 100,000 people die and a million more are left homeless, that sents a message.

Now they want to call me the misled and mistaken minority. I know it's not true. I don't listen to your arrogant bullshit lies. I don't listen to your television stories and your "ownership society" crap. If I was responsible for the actions and wars of the last four years I'd pray every hour too, George. Sometimes I pray for you myself. I ask God if you really believe in what you are doing or if you are just a puppet. We all know the truth though. Actions speak louder than words.