Ok, obviously by now you know the story. President Bush was finishing a round of golf and was told a Brazilian died in Iraq. Bush thought for a moment and said “So how many is a Brazilian, anyway?” (Insert rim shot here). Anyway, Bush then said it wasn’t right for him to golf while the U.S. was at war, so he golfed again a couple months later and then called it quits (Hey, it’s golf, no one quits the first time).
Since then:
- There have been approximately 30,000 U.S. casualties in Iraq, including more than 3,000 killed.
- The price of oil has gone up nearly $100 a barrel.
- Katrina nearly swept the Gulf Coast off the map.
- The dollar has tanked
- Home foreclosures are rampant.
- Job creation has been pathetic.
- The price of gas has gone up approximately $2 a gallon.
- Bush’s approval rating has fallen from 51 percent to 28 percent.
Basically, in the nearly five years since Bush said he would give up golf, all hell has broken loose. And I blame the lack of golfing by the Chief Executive. Numbers don’t lie. George W. Bush must golf again, and soon. We as a nation just can’t afford having the president spending his time actually working.
So President Bush, please golf. Because your plan of not golfing, while sort of made with good intentions, is really messing things up for the rest of us.
–WKW
WorldGolf.com's William K. Wolfrum blogs about everything in the world of golf and travel, including Michelle Wie, Lorena Ochoa, Tiger Woods and other PGA and LPGA headlines. Plus, he offers the humorous and obscure in news, politics and pop culture.
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