The Bush Legacy

He doesn't realize it yet, but President George Bush will go down in history as having the worst environmental record of any President whoever sat in the oval office.
As the polar ice caps melt atop both the Arctic and in Antarctica, Mr. Bush turns a blind eye to the near unanimous scientific conclusion that human consumption of fossil fuels is damaging the atmosphere and our fragile planet is in peril.
Whether it be opposing the Kyoto Protocols, which calls on all nations to reduce greenhouse gases, allowing mega wealthy utilities to continue pouring poison into the atmosphere, allowing automakers to manufacture gas guzzling monstrosities like the Hummer or to roll back air quality regulations, Mr. Bush is helping to set the stage for an environmental catastrophe.
What will Mr. Bush say to his twin daughters Jeana and Barbara and their children as coastal flooding wreaks havoc on the majority of the globes population who live along the continental seaboards?
How will Mr. Bush explain to his grand children that he stood idly by while the world’s temperatures increased and fertile farm land turned to desert, coral reefs bleached away and died, that great mammals lost their habitats and perished and that summer heat for the majority of the world's people became unbearable.
All of this destruction of our precious earth so that Mr. Bush can keep the economy pinging along today to maintain political capital in Washington and so "his base" as he calls his ultra-wealthy supporters, can continue to live in splendor and high style.
But one day the President will have to confront his legacy. He will have to account for the decisions he made that are slowly destroying the world.
Instead of leading, Mr. Bush has been lead by the dictates of the rich who benefit by the selfish, greedy and near sighted view of living for today and not having a vision for tomorrow.
Someday Mr. Bush will look back as an old man and say "what have I done".