I say Sham WOW! for everyone
It's made in the U.S. and it's great for polishing limosines! The perfect gift.
Regarding "It's in the past." Let's remember the "past" ended on January 19th 2009- NOT 8 years ago. I'll give Bush credit for a great African health program. Beyond that, as recently as the day before he left office he nullified environmental review for strip miners in the spectacular deserts around Moab Utah (Arches & Dead Horse National Parks), and would have allowed them to dump waste sludge into the Colorado.
The scandals at Justice, Interior, EPA, Education and other Departments all travel not only into the present, but will affect the future as well. They are not "ancient" history. His signing statements, unprecedented in American law, will affect legal decisions for years to come. And let's not forget that, "The economy is sound," will reverberate for years to come. Close Bush friends Enron and Abramoff seem like ancient history, but not to those who lost their life savings.
Argentina just finished it's corruption and war crimes trials from 10 years ago, as it seeks to strengthen its democracy. Love Canal took 20 years to clean up- and people still can't live there. Ancient history (8 years)doesn't really mean much in the scale of things.
I think it's very telling of the 43rd Administration that our former VP can't leave the country for fear of being arrested for violating our signed treaties. This isn't vengefulness, any more than Nuremburg was. I'm not talking about the scope being at all comparable- at all comparable- but it is the exercise of the nations of the world holding accountable individuals who violate previously approved international law without any legislative permission, and in violation of the Supreme Court of the land.
This does not solve or in any way excuse the dozens of countries that treat their citizens like garbage, nor does it in any way excuse the militarism of "rogue" states using Israel as an excuse for nuclear development.
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