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December 31, 2004
How much does Jeb cost?
Much has been made on this site already about how little the U.S. cares about the victims of the tsunamis. By "cares," I mean, of course, pays. Because talk is cheap. And talk, at this point, means Colin Powell and hurricane sand-bag expert Jeb Bush.
Yes, to counter international opinion that the paltry U.S. response has been pathetic, King George is sending in his brother. That'll shut up those critics! We're not insensitive! We're compassionate! We're sending the president's brother over to sign condolence books! $35 million PLUS Jeb!
I don't know how much money it costs to fly Jeb over to Sri Lanka, but I would think that most Sri Lankas would rather have the cash.
Posted By John Christian Plummer | December 31, 2004 11:12 AM | DIGG ME!
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Hey, they're lucky to get that. Bush's money is earmarked for blowin' people up, not helping 'em out! Oh, & throwin' parties. Thirty-five mil is still five mil short of what Bush is spending for his coronation... er, I mean inauguration.
Posted by: raff at December 31, 2004 11:55 AM
Bush Finally Crawls out of the Brush
by K. Hardesty
Bush takes great pride in his stick-to-it-ness. If he makes a decision, popular or not, he does not waiver.
So as he headed off to his tract house in Crawford for Christmas, he informed his aides that this was not a working vacation, but true down time. http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/25/bush.radio.ap/ He got on the radio and told all of us that this was the time of year to volunteer, to help out those in need, love thy neighbor and so on. Then he trotted off to Texas, where he vowed, come hell or high water, not to work.
Well, unfortunately, the high water came. But Bush, ever true to his solemn oath to avoid leading the nation, spent the afternoon clearing brush and riding his bicycle. When told of the crisis, his response was similar to 9/11. He just stuck to his plans. Whether Bush is hooked on phonics or thrashing brush, disasters will not distract him from what he is doing.
or whatever the heck he was doing as the world witnessed the worst natural disaster in any of our lifetimes.
But the press did not let up. And finally, Bush donned a suit, hung up a sign that said "Western White House," draped some American flags around and gave a speech. He proclaimed that we would prevail and that we would build some kind of coalition to sound the horn the next time a tsunami attacked. I guess we are at war with the weather now. Oh my God! God has weapons of mass destruction! I was waiting for Bush to vow to hunt down and capture God, and drag him in dead or alive.
Now, Jeb is off to Southeast Asia with Colin Powell. What the heck? Oh, George says Jeb has experience with disasters. So I guess he can go and eyeball the sitch-ee-a-shun and report back to brother. "Yepp, it's a gall-durned mess alright." Just don't show Colin the satellite photos; he may mistake a Tiki bar for a mobile weapons lab.
Posted by: khardesty at January 2, 2005 12:47 PM
