To the Editor,

Dear Dustin,

         How can you and people like you be so ignorant? George W. Bush will not go down as the worst president! When the radical and moderate muslims unite and take over the world in the not so distant future, you and those like you will be whining and crying because our government can't protect you any more because the economy and military might of the U.S. has been completely undermined! Christian principles and all that America used to stand for will be unlawful and completely wiped from history! We as humans never learn from the past! The principles of our economic problems began long before Mr. Bush was president! Remember the Congress controls the government! Just how long did you think we could go on making our quality of living grow and grow and grow? If the US can survive this worsening economic crisis, how many more homeless and drug/alcohol reliant people will there be to take care of? It never ceases to amaze me how arrogant and stupid Americans have become when they want to blame one president for all the problems we are having now. Our problems, for the most part are because of our lifestyles and our "got to have it now "mentality(don't save for it, borrow)!We have this idea that we are entitled to things and big money jobs even when we haven't put the effort to get the education or training necessary to earn these things. I hope Mr. Obama gets enough education on foreign policy to not give away the farm and raise the taxes of the middle class(largest segment of the population). Raising taxes on the rich cannot generate enough revenue(not enough of them). I don't mind paying my share of taxes for the services of government that we need. Just don't lie to me! I'm not a great George W. Bush fan, but I get tired of listening to people try to blame him for all the woes of America when the blame rests squarely on our own shoulders because of the lifestyles we choose to live and try to continue because we think we're entiled!

Larry Hollis

Thanks for the thoughts Larry.

Unfortunately, I don't think that any of us have the power to determine what the future might hold - whether it is here in our great country or abroad.  I also cannot buy into the rhetoric of fear that has become so pervasive in today's culture to the point of brain-washing the public into actually believing that "terror" - a feeling - is the enemy and not terrorists and that what the Administration says is the Gospel.

As for the history lessons, sir, America was not founded as a Christian State or on "Christian principles" specifically so that people could not use Christianity in it's possible  form of in tolerances. Today we see it as the Evangelicals using their form of Christianity in absolutist way.  Go figure that leaders of evangelical churches are good friends of those that practice fundamentalist Islam.

If you wish to discuss Christian principles, we are ordered to "take care of the least amongst us".  It is Christian to raise taxes so that we can have more services to fulfill this command.

The Republican fiscal conservatism has been thrown out of the window  with this President.  We have gone from the highest surplus to largest deficit ever.  Six of those years, the government was controlled by one party.  Our debt is continually bought by the Saudis, Chinese, and Dutch.  We have already leveraged the next generation on this debt.  Yes, this economic crisis did not happen overnight nor even on his watch but he is responsible for his inaction.  Something that he will be remembered for thoughout his administration.  Remember his reaction to 911 as he sat there reading a book to children, or what he did for New Orleans, or what he did for the vets at Walter Reed Hospital with the rundown facilities.  We can continue the list a mile long.

And by the way, Bush is a horrible president.  I am a historian by education and my peers have said this - In an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted over a three-week period through the History New Network, 98.2 percent assessed the presidency of Mr. Bush to be a failure while 1.8 percent classified it as a success.

Asked to rank the presidency of George W. Bush
in comparison to those of the other 41 American presidents, more than
61 percent of the historians concluded that the current presidency is
the worst in the nation’s history. Another 35 percent of the historians
surveyed rated the Bush presidency in the 31st to 41st category, while
only four of the 109 respondents ranked the current presidency as even
among the top two-thirds of American administrations.

At least two of those who ranked the current
president in the 31-41 ranking made it clear that they placed him
next-to-last, with only James Buchanan, in their view, being worse. “He
is easily one of the 10-worst of all time and—if the magnitude of the
challenges and opportunities matter—then probably in the bottom five,
alongside Buchanan, Johnson, Fillmore, and Pierce,” wrote another
historian.

All in all - what you perceive as whining might actually be the truth that, sirs, sometimes is difficult to hear and to listen.