Bush, in one of his few public appearances since leaving office in January, told the students that leaving office lifted a heavy burden.

Now we have the dog in the presidency and our people are not smart enough to know who is being s...t on.

I don't question the degradation of the country's educational system and, yes, I do know who is responsible for that as well. Fascists do require widespread ignorance to succeed in achieving their goals. The goal in this case was the decimation of the entire social framework necessary to produce quality in any form. The wanton accumulation of wealth by a few is the fruit of that lesson.

Social justice will now require the draconian means you fear. It is small compensation for the lies and deceit of W and Cheney. The guillotine was made to correct such hubris.