I Never Thought that I Would See the Day

As I watched the A Celebration of Music From the Civil Rights Movement tonight on PBS I was moved by the fact that within my lifetime the U.S. had elected a man of African-American heritage to it's highest elective office. President Obama has faced opposition from the Republicans in Washington D.C., but none of it has been based upon his race!

Another thing that happened a little over 20 years ago that I thought would never happen was the Berlin Wall come toppling down! Which was the first tell tale chink in Soviet Russia's collapse!

With the near collapse of the U.S. economy and the huge government spending deficits threatening to bankrupt our nation, I often pause to reflect upon the idea that had the U.S. military not invaded Iraq in what was clearly an unprovoked war, and had all those billions of dollars been spent on domestic issues, would our economy still be in such bad shape as it presently is? One thing that can be said about the money squandered in Iraq, is that we wouldn't be facing such large deficits!

The loss of American and Iraqi lives and the billions upon billions of dollars being wasted even unto this very day can be blamed on one person and one person only! His name is George W. Bush, who I believe bears the full responsibility of bankrupting America! It is a tragedy that such a misguided man was able to become the president in the first place and it should be remembered that the Supreme Court enabled him to steal the election from Al Gore. I think that the U.S. would have been much better governed had Mr. Gore won the election!