Just because it grows....

At today's (7/15/08) press conference, Bush hemmed/hawwed about the economy, then justified all problems: Our economy is growing, so everything is OK!

AARRGGHHHH! That's his measuring stick? If it grows it's good? Cancer grows, bacteria grows, mildew grows. By that logic, if it doesn't grow, it's bad or, alternately, irrelevant.

If growth/no growth are his criteria, let's evaluate:

Growth:
Jobs? Unemployment is still near 5%, so that's ok? [but do the wages and expertise of Fast Food clerks = machinists?]
Wealth? All his friends are filthy rich, so that's ok?
Gold: when confidence tanks, gold value increases, like right now it's at a near all time high (>$950 oz)
Deficit? Pay no attention to this category of exponential growth cuz Cheney says: Ronald Reagan proved deficits don't matter. (fellow Americans: do you believe debt doesn't matter?)

Shrinkage
Value of the dollar? [tanking daily]
Ice caps?
Regulations on banks, food safety, drug safety, import safety, ...

Really, Bush is so easy to read: if it grows it's good; if it shrinks it's not important.

By the way, in case you haven't heard/read the news: the value of We The People was devalued recently. Individually we're worth $1 million less than we were just a couple of years ago. Apparently this is the figure agreed upon by the powers that be to calculate compensation for our demise. Alternatively, this figure is also used collectively to determine if a life-saving remedy is cost worth y enough to implement (i.e., clean air, water, anti-pollution efforts). Note: the good news for the greedy sociopaths that tend to rise to the leadership roles of almost all societys: the lower the value on human life, the more you can rationalize and minimize the importance of their protection.