Well, I've held off as long as I could. As I watched the agony of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, I kept telling myself, "Be fair, only hindsight is 20-20, there's only so much anyone could have done..." I've lamented the incredible arrogance of maintaining that an 18-foot concrete wall can hold back the active delta of one of the world's largest rivers. I've shed tears for the poor people and animals who had no choice but to stay, and I've fumed at the inept emergency planning that failed to rescue them. Today, it's time to take a different tack.
Satire.
I offer, for your delectation, Rich Procter on our Commander-in-Chief (from
www.smirkingchimp.com):
Rich Procter: 'I save the taxpayers 50 million dollars!'I'm sure you saw the Associated Press headline: "Bush to Oversee Probe Into What Went Wrong." Yes, that's right, President Bush is going to spend millions (I'm guessing 50) to investigate himself. I'm sure he'll appoint a Special Non-Partisan Presidential Commission made up of Grover Norquist, Bo Derek, Rush Limbaugh, Ted Nugent, Pat Robertson, and any available NASCAR driver. They'll rubber stamp whatever public relations hairball Karl Rove coughs up.
I hereby volunteer to save you, Joe and Jane Taxpayer, all 50 million dollars. What follows is:
President Bush's Exhaustive White House Investigation Into The Apparent Misunderestimation of Hurricane Katrina:
1) President Bush is Utterly, Completely, Absolutely, Uniquely and Perfectly Without Blame of Any Sort. The Commission has surmised that sometime -- might have been Sunday or Monday, no one can be sure - the President's regular retinue of incredibly competent, highly dependable assistants were replaced by a nefarious bunch of traitorous (probably Democratic) "look-alikes" just like in that Harrison Ford movie a few years ago...what was it....oh yeah, "Air Force One." That's it. Anyway, these evil-doers - and that's what they are, make no mistake about it - decided to destroy the love the American people have for this chosen-by-Jesus-himself President, and discredit him. They kept information about the hurricane from the President. They kept him away from television and radio. They allowed him to live in a fool's paradise, mugging in photo ops with John McCain and strumming a guitar while people died.
When Mr. Bush finally became aware of this horrible crisis a scant four days later, he killed these evildoers with his bare hands, used his native wit and guile to find out where his real assistants had been secreted, and assumed command, directing the relief effort with Steely-Eyed Rocket Man mastery . Unfortunately, at this point, the Liberal Media (Conspiracy) had already become a soul-killing juggernaut designed to crush this avatar of American goodness, justice and mercy. We - all good Americans -- can only apologize to our blameless Chief Executive, and beg his for forgiveness.
Recommendation - President Bush should award himself the Presidential Medal of Freedom, With Special Oak Leaf Cluster. 2) White House Completely Blameless for Deaths of Hurricane "Victims", Which Was Actually A Plot By Foreign Terrorists The Commission notes that every single so-called "death" (10,000, and counting) from this so-called "catastrophe" has served to embarrass our beloved Chief Executive at a time when this country is at War with Global Terror. While we could find no actual hard evidence of a coordinated conspiracy between the Democratic Party and al-Qaeda to get these folks to drown themselves to discredit the President and demoralize the citizenry, their "deaths" certainly achieved this nefarious goal. Our conclusion is that al-qaeda Chieftain Saddam Hussein, in conjunction with Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi, directed this mass suicide drowning.
Recommendation - Stay the course in Iraq. We're winning. Freedom is on the march. And put Democrats in prison before they do any more damage. 3) Contrary To Reports By Craven Lackeys of the Liberal Media, "Victims" Were Treated Like Royalty
The Commission was shocked to discover that, almost from the first moment of peril, thousands of "victims" were taken to the jewel of the Crescent City, the Louisiana Superdome. It's a well-known fact that sports fan pay upwards of $500 a ticket to see sporting events at this luxurious venue, and yet these so-called "victims" were admitted free of charge, and apparently given complete run of the place! And yet they have complained endlessly because "free" food and water were not provided. We find this ingratitude shocking and appalling.
Recommendation - Next time, charge normal ticket prices to get into the SuperDome, to keep out this belligerent riff-raff. 4) Whatever Blame Exists Be Heaped On FEMA Head Michael Brown The Commission has come to the reluctant conclusion that Michael Brown is an unqualified flunky, a dolt, an incompetent dunderhead, and an incompetent nincompoop who obviously forged his resume to get the job as head of FEMA.
Recommendation - Presidential Medal of Freedom, and subsequent Ambassadorship to New Zealand. 5) An Effective Plan to Prevent This From Happening Again The Commission has reached unanimous consensus on the following conclusions:
a) The "Hurricane" came directly from the Gulf of Mexico. b) Mexico is complicit in breaching America's borders, sending a FLOOD (!) of immigrants to destabilize our fragile Democracy. c) The CIA has produced hard, convincing, speculative evidence that proves conclusively that Mexican President Vicente Fox has acquired, and is using Weather-Altering Super Weapons (WASW) on the United States.
Recommendation - President Bush has absolutely no other choice than to order the preemptive liberation of Mexico by American Boy and Girl Scouts, with the top priority being to secure the oil fields so that these revenues can be held for the gentle, unsophisticated little brown people of that country until such time as they can spend them wisely. END OF REPORT
