Adieu Dubya: A Fond Farewell to the Worst President Ever

Timothy McGettigan

2009 ots. · Timothy McGettigan

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Was George W. Bush really the "worst president ever"? Immediately following his departure from office, historians ranked Dubya as the 36th best (or seventh from the worst) president in US history. Though that's far from a laudable ranking, I still think that 36th out of 44 is a bit overgenerous. Certainly, incompetence is a difficult quality to measure-there are so many factors to consider. Nevertheless, if we take the global scope of Dubya's bungling into consideration, I think it is safe to say that no president has ever impacted so many people so negatively as George W. Bush.

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Tim McGettigan is a professor of sociology at Colorado State University - Pueblo. Tim's primary research interests are in the areas of the environment, sustainability, social and biological evolution, science, technology, society (STS) and the future and Tim blogs about those topics at the following sites:

*The Socjournal, www.sociology.org
*OpEdNews, www.opednews.com
*Socera, socera.blogspot.com
*Fulbright Association, www.fulbright.org
*Social Science Space, www.socialsciencespace.com

In addition, to being a professor at CSU-Pueblo, Tim has also had a number of special teaching and research opportunities, including:

*2013-2018, Added to the Roster of Fulbright Specialists in the area of Science, Technology, and Society (STS) studies by the the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB).
*2009, "Infusing Institute" Summer Scholar at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii
*2008, Academic Teaching Specialist on The Scholar Ship
*2006-2007, Interim Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
*2002-2003, Fulbright Scholarship at the Centre for Social Studies in Warsaw, Poland.

Tim's most recent books include:

*In Progress, Star Warriors: Friends and foes on the Frontiers of Cosmology
*Forthcoming, Debunking Racism: Towards a New Standard of Human Excellence. Los Angeles, CA.: WheelMan Press.
*2013, Evolution at the Speed of Thought: A New Chapter in the History of Evolution. Los Angeles, CA.: WheelMan Press.
*2013, God's Loaded Dice: Random Musings on a Universe Gone Mad. Kindle Direct Publishing.
*2012, Where Nobody Has Gone Before: Commentaries about Science, Technology, Society and the Future. Kindle Direct Publishing.
*2011, Good Science: The Search for Truth and the Evolution of Reality. Lanham, MD.: Lexington Books.
*2011, Rough Seas: Ethnography and Academic Freedom on The Scholar Ship. Lanham, MD.: University Press of America.

Tim's next book is tentatively titled Star Warriors: Friends and Foes on the Frontiers of Cosmology and it will examine controversies in the field of scientific cosmology.