Get Off His Back

1.) The hurricane that hit New Orleans and Mississippi and Alabama was an astonishing tragedy. The suffering and loss of life and peace of mind of the residents of those areas is acutely horrifying.

2.) George Bush did not cause the hurricane. Hurricanes have been happening for eons. George Bush did not create them or unleash this one

To number 5, I would add the following:

"To which I would add that it is not George Bush's fault that the Mayor is incompetent and failed to follow the city's disaster plan which specifically called for city and school busses to be used to evacuate those who had no transportation. I would further add that it is not the Presiden't fault that the hurricane arrived before the welfare checks did; an excuse used by some for not evacuating, i.e., they didn't have money."

But, but,but, I thought GW controlled the weather. I Iheard it on cbs,nbc,abc cnnnnnn, and all the other rat nets, it mussssst be true.

Oh, but he does control the weather.

Katrina struck the Bahamas and could've just turned north and petered out over the rest of Florida or the Carolinas. But, noooo, Geroge Bush decided that Florida would be hit next and made Katrina turn west instead of north.

While in Florida, Katrina caused some damage, but nothing to write home about. So, noticing that Katrina had not done enough damage, Bush turned Katrina further west and slightly south to allow Kartina enough time and water to build its strengh before turning it north. But Bush slowed down the storm so that it could build even more strength to become a category 5 hurricane. Meanwhile, Bush had somehow heated the waters in the gulf into the 90s to make sure that Katrina had enough fuel to build up its strength.

So, Bush made sure that Katrina had 3 days to build up its strength into a category 5 hurricane. He also made sure that Katrina went straight to NO and surrounding poor communities. Then he made sure that most of the people who didn't evacuate were black and poor. That Bush is so heartless!

But, even after Katrina was done with its damage, Bush went and broke the levees and flooded NO to make sure that people couldn't evacuate.

Anyhow, the bottom line is that Ben Stein is wrong and everything is...

Bush's fault!

The libs just want an excuse, any excuse, to slam W.

---Economics Teacher: In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is? Class? Anyone? Anyone? Anyone seen this before? The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says? It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980? Anyone? Something-d-o-o economics. "Voodoo" economics.

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