Looking for Legacy

Is it too soon to talk legacy? With the presidential election still a month away, and the Inauguration even farther, there are certainly more pressing issues for discussion.

Yet, it is impossible to ignore the Bush Administration’s insistence that all will be well, in either the near or distant future, because somehow time will reveal truths to us that we are missing at the present. Our minds and hearts will then be at ease, just like when DNA tests reveal that an executed criminal was actually innocent, but his family receives a nice financial settlement for their trouble. Of course, if the truth does not become evident, it will be easy to blame the agents of change. New leaders with new ideologies will pursue a different course of action, will veer off of the itinerary presently in place which, if only allowed to come to fruition, would have ultimately proven profitable for all. But now we’ll never know.

Perhaps the Administration is not seizing the day. I would actually suggest that they grab at the current economic crisis, entitle it The Legacy, and pray that things get so bad that it overshadows the rest of the facts.

Recognizing the unlikelihood of such a declaration, I have decided to maximize my own earning potential and make my uncanny foresight obvious to future generations. Thus, I have begun a list of possible history book chapter headings.

What I’ve got so far:

The Legacy of Unprovoked War
The Legacy of Perfecting Torture Techniques for the Common Good
The Legacy of Ignoring Constituents in a Republic
The Legacy of Crumbling Global Credibility
The Legacy of Increased Insular Thinking and Nationalistic Pride
The Legacy of Back Alley Deregulation

The Legacy of Vanishing Surplus

I recognize that some of my ideas may not be age appropriate for children and may even be alarming for the young students of the future. If that’s the case, they can find relief by simply turning the page and looking at all the cute pictures of extinct animals, like dinosaurs and polar bears.