Thursday, December 29, 2005

The CEO President

I'm a stockholder in a corporation called the USA. If you aren't bringing this web site up from outside our borders, it's likely you are as well. We all have an equal vote in making sure the people we hire to run it for us do a good job.

Now, I've never been a fan of the guy we hired. It was said he could run the country because he'd run business before. I suppose I was to overlook the fact that those businesses had all failed? I could not. It was said he could run this country because he was resolute but what if he's resolute while also being completely wrong... About everything! He was said to be a uniter but I can't recall this country ever being this divided. But, let's see how he's done as CEO and grade him as fairly as possible.

A CEO is essentially graded by the people he brings in to run things for him. He can't do it all alone. In a company the size of the USA we need a guy who can put together departments that build the nation while piling success on top of success. That's what we need! A guy who can lead this country to eight straight years of growth and prosperity springs to mind but we can't hire him again. Our current guy, he's done a lot and we can grade him now. Let's start here...

In response to the 9/11 attacks, almost three years ago, George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security. It has been audited and these are the results. The report says:

"When one considers that FEMA's programs are largely administered through grants and contracts, the circumstances created by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita provides an unprecedented opportunity for fraud, waste, and abuse."

His department of energy: Highest gasoline prices in history.

His department of health: Annual shortages of flu vaccine.

His department of defense: A 1/2 Trillion Dollar War we can't afford. The results of which will be to install an Islamic fundamentalist regime. We have loads of luck with those, no?

His EPA: Don't get me started! The WORST record on the environment in modern history!

What do you say we recall our CEO?