Bush's Bedtime Story

Last night, I climbed into bed early, eagerly awaiting the President's speech from New Orleans. As he swaggered to the perfectly placed podium, my daughter came into the room to kiss me good-night. She asked a very observant question: "Why are you watching him talk? Don't you hate him?"

"Why, yes, darling, I do," I replied. I didn't explain how wonderful it has been to watch this shell of a dumb-whit try to weasel out of the Katrina disaster. There are some things a mother keeps to herself.

So, we watched the speech together, the "Bush Hater" and the sweet 6 year old. I snorted and groaned at his cheesy, blue, just-pick-up-at-the-donation-center shirt. I laughed and threw socks at the TV when he talked of helping the poor and gave his laundry list of all the wonderful things he has planned for New Orleans. I almost gagged when he gave his closing lines, trying desperately to curve his smirk into a look of sadness. The speech was all that I expected: a bunch of bullshit.

As Bush bid us all good night from the flooded city, I tucked my little girl into bed and turned off the tube. Enough liberal entertainment for tonight, there is always tomorrow.~Anna


Here is list of things Bush didn't mention:


The Bush administration is spending $200 million each day or $1.4 billion each week for its criminal war of aggression in Iraq.

Despite the fact that scientific experts had widely publicized predictions of the coming catastrophe in New Orleans, the Bush administration was hell bent on diverting resources to the Iraq war, while it slashed funds for flood control operations in New Orleans.

Bush's war on Iraq left the Corps of Engineers only 20% of the needed funding to protect New Orleans from flooding from Lake Pontchartrain.

Before the Iraq war, FEMA officials warned of a looming disaster in New Orleans. The Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project (SELA) is authorized by Congress to protect the people of New Orleans and the port facilities as well as oil refineries. After the start of the shock and awe invasion of Iraq however, SELA's monies were diverted. The Times-Picayune, the daily newspaper of New Orleans, published numerous articles during the last two years citing the danger caused by the loss of hurricane protection funds to the war in Iraq.~ImpeachBush.org