A bit old, but I think the message prevails...

Taking just a moment to bid farewell to the Bush's. While things got rough on his watch towards the end, I do feel it a bit unnecessary to blame it all on his administration. He, himself, nor was his administration, the one responsible for the "crooks" on Wall Street who stole every opportunity to pad their own pockets, stealing from one to pay the other no matter whether it was a stranger or their own family, stealing from charities they themselves founded to further their masquerade as being trustworthy, philanthropic...someone you went to if you wanted to get things done. This wasn't the Bush's fault.

The housing crisis was seeded by greed and cultivated by creative financing that used formulas wherein the loan originators not only got commission on the first loan but as well on the second and third attempts the consumer was forced into in order to resolve the mess they were lead into in the first place. The Bush's weren’t the ones writing the bogus housing assessments used to artificially inflate prices so commissions were bigger.

Oil...yeah a family commodity for the Bush's for generations, but I dare say they were not the ones who controlled the ground from where the supply begins its travel. Oil was priced by a group of individuals whose avarice was superseded only by their gluttony for wealth and the sadistic pleasure of seeing the world squirm within their clutch.

I can go on, but I won't. Things got bad, but maybe it had to happen so that we become more aware of what and who to look out for. Suffice it to say that I wish the Bush's well and hope that the good things that did come from their administration continue as our country takes a turn onto a new avenue along our journey. I wish the new regime well and that they keep their focus as fresh as it is during these first days. We have a president, but we also have a House and a Senate brought together by the people and for the people. We need to work together as one people if it is to be successful. Quit passing the blame. Good luck to the Bush's and to the Obama administration. Our trust is in you.