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Anger at executive branch increasing. Rather: low-level, constant anger/fear -- it's FRANGER! -- burning an ever-deeper hole in my spleen. This, just from listening to the president verbally swagger on the radio about getting rid of some pesky environmental regulations. That this particular instance happened to involve the environment is almost beside the point; the sheer irresponsibility inherent in his attitude alone makes me quietly furious, and rather nervous. I mean: it'd be one thing if he addressed his audience with a succinct rationalization of his actions, but instead he just groused about how the restrictions slowed down legislation, and good riddance.

As if that's automatically a bad thing. It's a feature of bureaucracy that laws are hard to pass; it prevents sweeping changes from taking effect during impassioned times. That our president so readily dismisses this with lesser laws makes me profoundly sad, yes, and fearful about how he must view the greater laws as well.

I'm pretty sure that the way I now feel (and have felt since "Br*ng 'em on") whenever I hear or see Bush do anything is the way my parents felt whenever they heard or saw one of the Clintons do anything (at least while Bill was president; maybe they still feel that way. I steer a wi-i-i-ide berth 'round all such topics during my visits, you bet). It is interesting and unfortunate because it makes me doubt my feelings, that maybe I'm just rooting for "my team" and nothing more. But I really like to think that my motivation runs deeper than that.

I have never felt this way about an elected official before and really really hope that I'll have good reason to stop, in a year or so.

Pssssssssssssss. I also hope I'm done venting about this particular topic for a while.