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To: James Calladine who wrote (37768)	9/8/2005 9:08:40 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 362292

We’ve been taken over by the Idle Rich! In previous hurricane seasons, our erstwhile President, George W. Bush has at least given the appearance of concern with approaching hurricanes. But there was something a bit different about this year’s onslaught of Katrina. Aside from the inconvenience of a huge, powerful storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast during an idyllic bike-riding vacation in Texas, there was something odd, even eerily reminiscent of that fateful Texas vacation the Commander-In-Chief enjoyed just prior to 911, and the tedium of reports warning “Osama bin Laden planning to attack United States using Aircraft.” What was different was.. no upcoming election campaign to worry about. That’s right. He won by actual votes this time. And he can’t run again. So let’s vacation in the time-honored tradition of the idle rich. Let’s spend August having fun. Daddy Bush set the standard with his infamous golf vacation in Maine while American soldiers were shipped to Saudi Arabia, then attacked Iraqi troops in Kuwait and Basra. Golfing while Americans risk their lives in an overseas war. Not to mention the deaths of tens of thousands of foreign troops. The standard of the idle rich trivializing war was set by Daddy Bush, and Junior was not going to be outdone by the old man, this we know. Cheney was out shopping for a mansion, and hunting along the back roads of Wyoming. Condi was shoe shopping and taking in a Broadway show in the Big Apple. It was August. Time to kick back and take the month off. We don’t need to worry about no stinkin’ hurricane. Meanwhile the red states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were staring down the gun barrel of at one time a Category Five storm. The storm plowed into Louisiana, and Bush took off for Arizona to share a birthday cake photo Op with Senator McCain. The levees broke, flooding the Crescent City with billions of gallons of storm water, and Bush played guitar and joked around in California. Finally someone woke up. “Mr President, it’s time to do something. Things look awful down there. Let’s blame the Mayors and the Governors.” And so they did. Will the voters remember this for the midterm elections of 2006? Will they elect a Democratic majority that, god willing, might even have the guts to impeach this Slacker president for lying, treason and incompetence? And what about you? When the putrid storm waters clear and the nation turns its attention to such pursuits as the new season of American Idol, will you, like the President, return to the ways of a Slacker? For the sake of the republic, we hope not. Congress is full of Neocons, and get-along go along Slacker enablers. In the meantime, somewhere out there, a true believer named Osama bin Laden plots to destroy the nation that once gave us Jefferson, Lincoln and FDR. Osama’s not a slacker. And, dear voter, we hope you aren’t a slacker either.

To: James Calladine who wrote (37768)	9/8/2005 9:21:21 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 362292

I bet Bush got one of those cards. And Condi got one to buy more shoes.