Black and White Bush

What we have in the White House is a leader with a black and white mentality in more ways than one. "W" seems to see everything in terms of "either/ or's", tuxedos, and bottom line- business and his personal wealth which he sees black print on white paper. And of course, the oil. Follow me on this one.

I just watched his news conference of October 30 at 10 AM. He used the time to scold Congressional Democrats on their attempt to tie in multi-billion dollar spending request for the Iraq/Afghanistan wars to the Children's' Health Insurance bill which he recently vetoed. Mr. Bush called this attempt irresponsible on the part of Congress. If I remember his statement correctly, he was outraged that Congress jeopardize the lives of those defending our country against terrorism. (He is in denial about the fact that he has put our soldiers in harms' way as middle men in a tribal power struggle and did it with the claim of WMD's which weren't there.)

By attaching the newly rewritten SCHIP bill to his war funding request Congress may see success in passing the bill and giving our children needed health care. (Does he really prefer emergency hospital visits to proactive health care as he said before? He obviously doesn't pay the bills like ordinary citizens.) He referred to this Congressional addendum as irresponsible social service spending. Health care for our children????? The very people our country will look to for our future leaders, soldiers, workers? Is he serious or simply a product of black and white thinking- maybe it's the tuxedos types he's lived with all his life, or the business black and white figures, or simply narrow-minded outlook?

The soldiers and the children- both are important. If we can pay Blackwater and Halliburton companies exhorbitant fees, why can't we care for the basic needs of our children?