Heard the latter half of the State of the Union address by George Bush. Like our politicians he was shameless and arrogant. No appologies for the damage he has done to the US and the world. Having stolen the first election he started an war in Iraq which was not supported by the UN and is thus illegal. He is a war criminal and guilty of genocide. He has failed in his first objective of getting Bin Laden and both Afghanistan and Pakistan are now as dangerous as they used to be. His Attorney General condoned torture of captives, including water boarding, which gives every lunatic the excuse to torture captured Americans. When a former Ambassador reported that there was no truth in the allegation that Iraq had imported uranium from Nigeria Karl Rove exposed the name of his CIA operative wife and then Dick Cheney did everything to frustrate the resulting investigation. Bush has repeatedly ignored Congressional oversight citing Executive Privilege and used patriotism to bully opponents. The Dixie Chicks were abused and hounded for opposing the war in Iraq. He has allowed tapping of telephones of citizens without any safeguard against misuse and had the effrontery to ask Congress to continue doing it. He took over an economy which was strong and in surplus and squandered money in ill considered tax cuts which has created both fiscal and current account deficits. The dollar has fallen against most currencies and may cease to be the reserve currency of the world. Now he wants to give more tax cuts to ease the sub prime mortgage crisis which was brought about by excessive liquidity and very low interest rates. Well interest rates are falling fast and more tax cuts are offered to increase liquidity once more. No wonder the Democrats sat in stony faced silence as the Republicans gave standing ovations like demented schoolboys. Some legacy to leave behind!