Look, Carolyn Parrish, a former Liberal member of Parliament in Canada, was booted from the party after she called Bush a moron. What really bugs me is that my wonderful nation caved in and basically alienated her just because she spoke her mind. Yes, it is unprofessional to call someone a moron, but her comment wasn't made in a speech, is what caught on tape as an aside. Cheney didn't lose his job for telling someone in a gov't session to go "fuck themselves" and what about when Bush was running in 2000 and called that reporter from the New York Times an ass hole?

The elephant in the room in every nation other than America is that the current U.S. president has no sense of the world, no curiosity. No real interest in debate, knowledge or listening. Left to his own devices, he wouldn't know who the leaders of other nations are unless it is briefed to him in advance, and people really have a problem with that. Especially after having Clinton around for 8 years. Yes, some of you hate everything Clinton, but he garnered respect around the world, and in so doing, America's light shined brighter because of it. He didn't need a history lesson before meeting other world leaders since he was curious enough as a person to know what was happening in other countries.

In just six years as President, Americans have somehow completely let themselves cave into allowing their government to spy on them without a court order and calling that the Patriot Act. It's confounding. Especially when you consider that no President has ever been denied from spying for instance. Decision like that are going to leave you open to criticism, so you just have to get used to it. As long as the President of the United States needs to be briefed as to whom the Prime Minister of Canada is and what party affiliation that guy has, he has every right to be called a moron in my book. It's not flattering to be sure, but sometimes the harsh truth isn't meant to be.