Despite all the warm and rosy promises that that fell from the Bush mouth at an eerily beautiful spot in the toxic wasteland of New Orleans, chaos and confusion continue to rule wherever the apparently inept Bush regime roams.
Evidently, it takes less time to drive from Louisiana to D.C., than it does to reach anyone at the FEMA toll-free number that Bush so helpfully recited during his speech. As swift as FEMA is, we may well be struck by another hurricane or two before anyone at FEMA can amble across the room to pick up the phone.
The FEMA help-line is so useless that one can only wonder if it too is just one more of a multitude of slyly-crafted empty soundbites that are the hallmark of the deceitful Bush Administration.
Jason Miller at Thomas Paine's Corner has written the speech Bush might have made if the Boy King had an honest bone in his pretentious poser of a body.
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. It is a very good evening for me. I am still an obscenely wealthy and powerful autocratic leader of a nation of sheeple who falsely believe they are free. While I am surrounded by misery and suffering, I make this presentation of shameless propaganda from a comfortable, beautiful stage set while surrounded by an entourage of thugs who assure my safety. I am speaking to you from what is left of the city of New Orleans, a gem of an American city which was gutted by a powerful force of nature, and by the insidious social experiment undertaken by my malevolent administration. Millions of lives were destroyed by a cruel and wasteful storm, and by a cruel and wasteful federal government over which I zealously preside.
In the aftermath of Katrina, the haves of this nation have gleefully watched the have-nots dispersed to the four corners of this great nation. As the victims search for loved ones and grieve for the dead, America's attention is diverted from my nomination of a Supreme Court Justice who will strengthen the tyranny I have created, Karl Rove's criminal behavior, and my administration's numerous war crimes related to Iraq. The lies and exaggerations of my media lap-dogs have persuaded many Americans that blacks are undisciplined animals who live off of government hand-outs, feeding my agenda to end social welfare programs and perpetuating the lucrative prison-industrial complex. With their persistent cries for civil rights, blacks have been a thorn in the side of the American aristocracy long enough.
. . .To the victims of the hurricane dispelled far and wide, I send you this message. Many soft, weak people I call "liberals" care about you. In contrast, my base of the obscenely wealthy and I are relishing your misery. We are salivating at the opportunities to expand our wealth by rebuilding your city with you out of our way. The Crescent City will rise again, and as it does, so will the balances in our bank accounts.
For assistance, please call this number: 1-877-EAT CAKE.
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