the color green

saw on cnn
just now
that bush's approval rating
has dropped to its lowest yet
32%
of americans have "faith" in him as a president
32%
believe in his accountability, his agenda, his associations
and his abilities
only
truman
carter
bush sr.
and
nixon
have ever fallen lower
and none were able to ever fully recover
from a fall like this
so
as the statistics rolled
and anderson cooper moved ahead with his story
i thought
yes!
to myself
that maybe we were all finally getting it
that maybe now we were all really starting to grasp
the atrocities of this administration's ways
the failures in iraq
the deficit
the ending of stem cell research
the undercutting of science
the attitudes towards illegal immigration
the unexplainable cia leaks
the horrors of katrina
the torture abroad
and
the continued ignorance towards the realities of global warming
yes!
i believed momentarily
that it was all finally sinking in
until
the heart of the story unfolded
and it became clear
that bush's numbers had been dropping steadily all year
not due necessarily to any of the
IMPEACHABLE mistakes
listed above
but due instead to a direct link between
soaring gas prices
and
his administration's popularity
it turns out
that the more people pay at the pumps
the less they seem to believe in this presidency
which makes a certain amount of sense
considering the record numbers and massive corporate bonuses
reported this year in the oil industry
but still
wow
apparently money's all it takes
and green is all that matters
in this modern world of ours
well, THAT kind of green anyway
maybe i just don't get it
a subway card and an extra ten spot for a cab every now and again
is all i need in the world of transportation
things like car insurance and gas prices are a thing of the past for me
so, i suppose that if a car were needed
to get me to and from work
i'd be pretty pissed off too
but still
wow
out of every mistake he's made
out of every life that's been lost for an unworthy cause
out of the seven minutes it took for him to get out of that chair
money might be all it takes
to bring down the King of Corporate Greed