I’m bored so I figured I’d write so you can read more than one entry from me today! YAY! Go you! Two entries of my blog in one day is like finding a penny. A cynical, lonely, fat penny.
For those of you who don’t know it yet, the OSU graduation is this Saturday in Stillwater. Giving the commencement address at the ceremonies will be the one and only President George W. Bush. Yes. That George W. Bush.
A friend of mine thought that whether or not you liked George W. that it was kind of cool that OSU got him to speak at their graduation ceremony. I have to disagree. The president can’t speak. He can talk though. There is a difference. That car from Knight Rider could talk but Martin Luther King Jr. could speak.
George W. Bush has the ability to emote about as much as a robot. “I’m the decider! Fight terror! Spread democracy! 9-11! Freedom!” He’s the human equivalent of those novelty farting key chains you can buy at Spencer’s in the mall. Press a button and hear a horrible noise.
It’s not that he’s just a horrible president, he is also a horrible person. He is blinded by his own beliefs, which is fine if that blindness didn’t cause the death of innocent people worldwide not to mention many young Americans who singed up to protect this country. They signed up to protect our freedom not to be Bush’s pawns.
This next part is for the OSU graduation planning committee. You have asked a man who will go down in history as one of the worst presidents this country has ever seen to impart words of wisdom on a bunch of young people who have paid thousands and thousands of dollars to attend your institution of so called higher education. This is a man, who if not for his being president, would be just another alcoholic businessman.
I just think he is a poor choice when it comes to finding one to impart wisdom. There are over two thousand dead soldiers at the time of this writing, which he is responsible for. This man is a killer and a liar and if those are the actions of one you want the future leaders of this country to emulate, then so be it. Then again those actions seem to help get George into office so maybe I’m wrong.
I would like to take this time to urge all of the students who disagree with this man speaking at YOUR graduation to stand up and leave when he takes the stage. People just like you have died because of his lies. I know it might seem a bit radical, but in reality it’s just standing up for what you hold to be true. This man has taken this country from us and as young adults it’s your time to make a difference. You’re gonna stand up and walk out at some point anyway so technically, you’re just leaving early. It might not make that much of a difference here but when the rest of the nation finds out that people in Oklahoma, the reddest of the red states, are tired of him and his dishonesty, maybe it will send a message. It’s time that people stop being Republican or Democrat or conservative or liberal and start being Americans. Let the rest of the country know that we stand together in our distrust of this administration.
Besides, you’ll have a really cool story to tell your kids.
- Joel
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