Wednesday, December 05, 2007

A Modest Proposal

So, say Bush, Cheney and cronies manage to make it to the end of their term without being impeached or killing us all. A miracle, if it happens. Should they look forward to living the rest of their lives in taxpayer-funded splendor?

If they can’t look forward to either a blissful retirement or an extended incarceration at Club Fed, perhaps they would prefer a privatized version of it, self-instituted because they find it necessary to imprison themselves out of fear of the public.

I propose that in lieu of impeachment, the now-Democratic White House and Congress revoke the perks of retirement, including Secret Service protection and pensions for these scumbags.

Note - to all of those who wonder whether I’m crossing the line of legality here, advocating harm to an ex-president, I am most emphatically not. In fact, quite the opposite.

I wish that Bush and Cheney live long, if unhappy, lives - cowering in terror in their personal bunkers, hiding from the world they so thoroughly fucked over.

With plenty of time to reflect on the thousands of American soldiers killed, millions of Iraqis killed or displaced and billions of people being devastated by global warming, lousy trade policies, outsourcing, skyrocketing energy prices, job insecurity, etc, ad nauseum.