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Mar. 25, 2006 Each day I wince watching the news reports portraying the lame duck President Bush trying to desperately regain his rapidly downward shifting public opinion. He’s been traveling and raising money for his party, which some say is a good thing. Others are obviously distancing themselves from his divisive past and hell bent war mongering sole decisions. He endlessly chants the need to create unity for his ongoing folly in Iraq which daily proves how futile it is for us to be there. Each time President Bush needs to raise his numbers in the polls he comes out with some tid-bit of hidden information reverting back to why he attacked the innocent nation of Iraq and why he was compelled to take Saddam Hussein from power. Each day it appears even more desperate than the last…he is scraping the bottom and needs to learn what a leader is and how a leader leads. The largest problem at this time for the floundering Bush is that he is seeing fewer and fewer followers. The top premise of leadership is that people want and need to follow. Let me set forth some examples for you, then you decide if he has been an effective leader deserving to serve the remainder of his term in office or if he needs to be impeached. Leaders need to be planners and organizers. They need to be able to set goals and objectives for determining how to achieve them. This allows them to adequately think ahead and cope with uncertainty by creating comprehensive contingency plans. Has the Bush Administration done this? I say absolutely NOT!!!! Goals need to be specific, measurable, attainable, but challenging, results oriented, and have target dates or deadlines. Has the Bush Administration done this with regard to Iraq or anything else for that matter? I say absolutely NOT!!!!! Leaders need to be driven. Bush is that, blindly so. Leaders need to be motivated, have integrity, self-confidence, and possess the knowledge to follow through with their actions and be accountable for them. This knowledge needs to be tempered with reality and the ability to change courses of action when they are failing. Bush turns a blind eye and deaf ear to all the shortcomings of his war effort in Iraq. Regardless of how many people state that we are not making progress there and even in light of the rise of insurgency he continues his mantra of “staying the course“. Bush is being unrealistic, stubborn, and pig-headed! Are these traits you want in your leader? I think NOT!!!! Feedback, or should I say fallout, from this war needs to be considered by this Administration. The people of the United States have the right and the obligation to share their thoughts with the people they have elected to oversee our rights and obligations. There is a growing population that feels this war and the path President Bush is taking us is the wrong direction and needs to be curtailed/stopped immediately. How can so many people be wrong? Are our words and actions not timely, specific, credible, frequent, and relevant to this cause? Sometimes the most important part of leading is knowing when to cut your losses and get out of the fight. I say we cut our losses and stop this war with Iraq. Bring our troops home and let the people of Iraq sort out this mess. They don’t want us there and we’ve no business being where we are not wanted and not making any progress. Call or write your people in Congress today and tell them your thoughts on this topic. Invite your Congress people to vote to impeach!!!! ------------ About the author: Michelle Malsbury was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois. She holds a BA in Business Management. Currently she is seven weeks away from earning her master's degree in Organizational Management while concurrently pursuing her lofty writing ambitions. Her plans also involve obtaining her PhD in 2006/07. Michelle moved to south Florida in 1982 and resides between the Keys, Miami, and Apalachicola, allowing her to experience the seasonal fluctuations between the southernmost and nearly northernmost beauty in the state of Florida. Travels have taken her from Europe through the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, and across much of the United States. She enjoys outdoor activities like sailing, waterskiing, hiking, bike riding, working out, and fishing as well as reading, music, theatre, playing with her two amusing pets (Abu Chez, her 6 year old Australian Blue Heeler and Zack, her two year old yellow tabby cat) and writing. Michelle is a regular featured author on the web site www.useless-knowledge.com and member of their 100 + articles published club. Here she enjoys exchanging points of view with her comrades on an array of topics. "Three Years With Adonis" is the first to be published of several books that she has written and is now available in all the better bookstores, but can also be found and ordered at Amazon.com, Booksamillion.com, Barnesandnoble.com, or ordered directly from her web sites, www.3yearswithadonis.com, www.threeyearswithadonis.com, or www.MichelleMalsbury.com. In addition to "Three Years With Adonis", she has authored four other books and three screenplays while continuing to explore all that life hands her. Email Michelle Malsbury: zackywacks@aol.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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