Thank you, President Bush

Thank you, President Bush for the service you have performed for our country. Some have forgotten that 9/11 was forcibly thrust upon you, but you have managed to defend US soil despite the 12,000+ attacks carried out worldwide by the Religion Of Peace since 9/11. You squelched the murder and mayhem of the barbarians at our gate who would take away our most cherished freedoms and our sacred right to worship the one true God. The media has badly mistreated you but you stayed the course and did your duty when it was both difficult and unpopular.

I can not say if the invasion of Iraq was a mistake or not. Without a doubt, Saddam was a mass murderer, dispensing genocide and torture to the citizens of Iraq in wholesale numbers and filling neighboring countries with death and fear. You were fully justified in believing that Saddam would have reduced America to ashes if it was in his power to do so. Carefully orchestrated terrorists would claim responsibility when the mushroom cloud appeared over New York and Saddam would have a tidy speech ready to blame the former Soviet block countries for not watching their nuclear stockpiles after the fall of Communism.

Adding insult to injury we discovered that in removing Saddam we also removed the only reason the Saudis were selling us oil for $20 a barrel. After that, we discovered that the Saudis did not consider us an ally but a cow to be milked.

To their undying shame, the media undermined public resolve to stand toe to toe with terrorists by an endless parade of flag draped coffins and grieving mothers. The stories of courage and sacrifice of our fallen heroes was scraped off their shoes like mud by a news media who were more eager to sway elections than to win a war. Freedom will not be long held by a people who have forgotten that the Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of both tyrants and patriots.

The media did their best to lynch you with the “what did Bush know and when did he know it” smear campaign in the wake of 911 but then loudly protested coercive interrogation tactics when terrorist kingpins withheld information regarding imminent attacks. How weak and squeamish we must seem to Islamic mothers who breast feed their children on the glories of Jihad, a martyr's death as a human bomb.

Though 911 will likely define the history around your presidency, you have done more than just protect US soil. Thank you for restoring dignity to the office of the President of the United States which had been made a laughing stock by the dirty politics and cheap sex of one who came before you.

The evil seeds of the housing market crisis were planted more than 30 years ago. A bad idea planted during the Carter years and fertilized during the Clinton years was the The Community Reinvestment Act which forced banks to make good loans to people with bad credit. The liberals may not know how to run a country but they are highly skilled when it comes cover ups and shifting blame.

The media may have been your enemy but I want to believe that history will be your friend. The fairytale aura surrounding President-elect Obama will be short lived. Joe Biden was correct that people like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez, and Kim Jong-il will quite joyfully put President Obama and his paper thin resume through the shredder. They will not be impressed by his Harvard education, nor by a pretty speech nor will then President Obama have the luxury of voting “present”. Like Neville Chamberlain before him, who's lives will President Obama barter away for an empty promise of “peace in our time”.

The economic crisis will deepen if President Obama enacts his misguided Socialist and Marxist ideologies and all the glitter about “Hope” and “Change” will be shown to be fool's gold. After that many will appreciate the wisdom you brought to the office of President and the fortitude you have shown in the face of dissent and adversity. Well done President Bush, well done.