When Bush was reelected in 2004 (if he was, they never did clear up the voting discrepancies to determine whether he took Ohio or not) I was not alone in being angry, depressed and disappointed. How could Americans be duped into staying the course with someone who was so clueless and misguided? A man who appeared to be planted there by big business and conservative politicos and seemed intent on protecting only the interests of a wealthy minority?

That anger slowly diminished as the one reason to keep Bush in office—that he should stand to be accountable for his actions—came to fruition. In the weeks following his reelection, the bulk of his cabinet deserted, his unrelenting stand on the "war of lies" in Iraq was questioned, and the corruption under his administration began to be uncovered. His weaknesses were spotlighted after hurricane Katrina, when a natural disaster became a worldwide tragedy.

The mood of the country has changed drastically since then. Incumbents, Republicans in particular, face being ousted in the upcoming elections. Conservative Republicans are distancing themselves from the overspending and corruption that has come to emblemize their party during the Bush years. Deficit spending and the trade deficit are at all time highs while the economy is slowing down for a possible recession. His administration has begun to backpedal as they try to regain their hold over the country, but it is a little too little and much too late.

The government released a confirmation that the billions spent on the war on terror have thwarted some potential attacks, but has done more to bolster the rolls of terrorists as anti-American sentiment has exploded around the world. These new cells are more independent and aggressive in their fight against the American invasion. Thousands have died in combat and at the hands of extremists as a result of this trumped up war.

Osama Bin Laden, who was to have been the target of the original war on terror, an older man on dialysis, continues to elude capture. He makes appearances on the news just prior to elections and when popular support for the war in Iraq begins to flag. Take note that high terror alerts and vague plots against worldwide targets plagued the news just prior to his reelection, then stopped abruptly after. Read Vonngeut's Cat's Cradle, and you will understand that we must have an enemy to distract us from our ineffective leader.

Saddam Hussein, who supposedly had been plotting with terrorists to detonate nuclear and/or chemical bombs inside US borders had no weapons of mass destruction, no plans to use them, and his trial has become a sideshow of a fallen dictator.

The Mississippi Delta is still under reconstruction, where many people were denied insurance and assistance from FEMA. A year later and little has changed, and billions of dollars in aid was mismanaged and never reached the people it was intended to assist.

Bush, an oilman with deep connections to the industry, spoke of using alternative fuels, a worthy campaign and one that he promises to fulfill in his last two years in office; however he has done nothing more than speak the words, similar to most of his pronouncements.

There are two years left to his administration, and we need to ensure his legacy ends there. I pity the person who takes office after him, eight years worth of damage will fall onto their shoulders, and they will most likely take the blame for not being able to reverse the downward trend. However, it is time to turn the country around and start repairing the damage.

Until then, we offer up this issue as a platform for some of our voices to be heard, with a combination of politics, drama, angst and a sense of humor intact.

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