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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (745049)	7/12/2006 3:12:03 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President said we continue to be wise about how we spend the people's money. "Then why are we paying over $100,000 for a 'White House Director of Lessons Learned'? "Maybe I can save the taxpayers $100,000 by running through a few of the lessons this White House should have learned by now. "Lesson 1: When the Army Chief of Staff and the Secretary of State say you are going to war without enough troops, you're going to war without enough troops. "Lesson 2: When 8.8 billion dollars of reconstruction funding disappears from Iraq, and 2 billion dollars disappears from Katrina relief, it's time to demand a little accountability. "Lesson 3: When you've 'turned the corner' in Iraq more times than Danica Patrick at the Indy 500, it means you are going in circles. "Lesson 4: When the national weather service tells you a category 5 hurricane is heading for New Orleans, a category 5 hurricane is heading to New Orleans. "I would also ask the President why we're paying for two 'Ethics Advisors' and a 'Director of Fact Checking.' "They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the President. "Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony."

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (745049)	7/12/2006 7:03:49 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"Courts won't require photo IDs for primary" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a federal district judge enjoined enforcement of Georgia's new voter i.d. law in next week's primary, and that the Georgia Supreme Court refused an emergency stay of a state court order enjoining Georgia's voter i.d. law on state constitutional grounds. Depending upon the pace of the proceedings in federal court, the voter i.d. law could be enjoined on a temporary basis during the general election as well, until these issues are finally resolved by the courts."