The U.S. government literally has been in a very slow decline for some time now. I noticed this when I was younger. The most prevelent knowledge I have is very specific in nature. I have lived overseas during the time of the Gulf War. I've seen things many children shouldn't see at that age. I really unnerves me how much this nation has changed. And it's not necessarily the president. If you logically think about it. The president is a leader of the nation. But his power is extremely limited. Sure he can pose outrageous restrictions but congress will undoubtedly filter the nonsense.

I noticed we've had such an onslaught of natural disaster. It's totally depleting American funding. But with the current catastrophes things must be arranged. So spending is thrown out the window for the better of the people.

Naturally a democrat in office speeds things up. Which can be very well. If a bad time in America is happening it will hastily be removed. A republican in office slows down the economy and general being as a whole. So it's best to have democrats in hard times, and republicans in good times. So I'm not quick to judge a president when it comes to natural disaster. Because it's not literally his will that proceeds the charity. But rather the office as a whole.

And with 9/11. (Which nearly was impossible to prevent. And once again I raise the issue that of course people can claim Bush was wrong in not stepping further but then again it takes years to get good intelligence and further more that intelligence funding was completely denied by Clinton himself. So you see how the chain works. Inaction will bring action. And so on.) It completely destroyed the American economy. It's really hard to remember what things were like before 9/11. I remember peace and rare mention of the president. Ever since then... Everything has been quite stressful.

I am a college student and in all honesty I have been paying more attention and trying to look at the bigger picture before jumping on the bandwagon like most agreeing with their psuedo-elitist friends in hopes of garning support with comments like "f*** Bush!" It just seems to me like this was a building phase. And not something that was immediately a result of 1 presidency alone.

How do you feel?