Now, don’t get me wrong, I felt bad for the residents of New Orleans, I really did. It was horrible that so many people lost homes there – Katrina did all the right things from a hurricane’s point of view.
Here comes Gustav.
And I want to be absolutely clear:
I don’t want any more of my tax dollars going to take care of people who live BELOW SEA LEVEL IN HURRICANE COUNTRY.
The last disaster relief was a boondoggle. People all over spotted that pile of money from a long long way off and milked it for all it was worth.
There comes a certain point where you stop feeling sorry for the guy who lost all his money at the racetrack because ultimately there’s no one to blame but him, and it’s not your fault or responsibility. Let me ask you this:
Q: A guy demands money from the townspeople because his houseboat on the Mississippi River has just been smashed to flinders for the third time in 15 years. Should you feel sorry for him?
A: No way! He’s lived on the freakin’ RIVER… You idiot. Rivers FLOOD. There’s not an insurance company in the world that would insure that houseboat.
So too, goes Louisiana.
Nagin is the houseboat owner. NO is the houseboat. The Mississippi is played by… you get the idea, right?
But Louisiana is going to scream bloody blue murder again when New Orleans gets hit. And the gov’t is going to leap into action. And you’re going to see that federal debt go that much higher.
And in the richest country in the world, you wonder why you’re putting money into social security that you’ll never see, and why you’re saving on top of SS just to take care of yourself like everyone should have been doing all along.
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And now, boys and girls, it’s time to do the Botox Bump! Well, I guess the bump wouldn’t be such a good idea. Those unsightly wrinkles in my ass – remember them? Well, Botox does have a few issues. (emphasis mine)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned in February that using Botox can have serious side effects including death…
Got that? Death is a side effect now. When did the FDA downgrade death from a “serious Goddamned condition” to a “side effect”? C’mon folks, a side effect is a rash or cramping of the testicles or dissolving bones.
Imagination…
Hello everyone! Can I have your attention? On the form, where it says “Enter cause of Death” could you cross that out and write in “Enter cause of Side Effect”, please? Thanks ever so much darlin’s!
A thimblefull (give or take) of botulinum toxin is reported by those apparently smarter than I (it’s all hear-say so far) to be able to kill every man, woman, child, lemur, mustelid, and liberal alive.
Only cockroaches and Michael Moore will survive. But then I do repeat myself, don’t I?
Supposedly the LD50 for Botulinum toxin is 1ng/Kg. I’m having a hard time multiplying that out and getting a thimbleful, but that is beside the point! My point, Constant Reader, is that this sh*t is poison and in vanity-oh-so-dire, it is only then that it “makes sense” to inject ourselves with poison to enhance our looks.
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Update on the pups.
Did you know that puppies GROW?
Zana, still my favorite
Zuko, still laid back
Zeke, curioser and curioser...
Zane, genetic mutation bruiser dog...
[...] Update #2… check out the pups now, as of 08/31/08… [...]
Cute puppies! I’m sure you’ll be happy with whichever one you get. BTW, did your kidlets ever realize that the household inventory of animal stock was missing a feline unit?
It will be interesting to see how Gustav and the aftermath plays out. If NO gets smashed again I fully expect the taxpayers to get smashed again too. I also fully expect voluntary charitable donations to be sharply down from post-Katrina’s levels to that region.
Yeah, they did Enas. Girlhead was a little bummed about it – she’s still coming to grips with never seeing grandma again and the kitty on top of it made it that much more personal.
Yes, personal donations are where ALL charity should be, and at the local level for the most part. It’s not up to a faceless gov’t to dole out money at the whim of those who collect/spend it “in our name”. Guess that is what makes me a conservative/federalist/almost-libertarian.
Hey, how has your trebuchet been coming along?
Love the pups. They are all sweethearts.
Ohh, look at that Zane. I’m liking his strapping buster kind of look and fluffiness.
My point, Constant Reader, is that this sh*t is poison and in vanity-oh-so-dire, it is only then that it “makes sense” to inject ourselves with poison to enhance our looks.
Poison, eh? I bet it wanders from the injection site too. That would certainly explain Pelosi’s brain rot.
Hey pnb – hope you are enjoying this labor-day weekend.
I can’t wait to get a pup, have it pee on the floor, run it outside, tell it what a good pup it is for peeing outside (eventually), taking it for short walks, playtime, seeing the kids go nuts. And finally, just having a companion to lay against my feet and share smoked ribs with.
Zane is a genetical freak I tell you. Even accounting for fluff, he’s a monster.
Pelosi did botox? I figured they just used a carpet-stretcher and staples for that “I’m riding a 747… on the wing” look.
I wish I could be enjoying the weekend more. Especially since my son came home to sloth around on the sofa and do his laundry. After I serve my jury duty in the next week or so, I am going to seriously look for something else. Though I probably should hold onto it in the event K. Marx’s fart takes the White House. What a thoroughly depressing thought.
I know many a person are excited about Palin, I’m still bummed McCain got the nod over Romney. Then he got clipped again out of the VP. He would have been better set for pres if McCain dropped dead or 2012, whichever came first.
Then it is so depressing how many people have that ‘what the government can give me’ mentality than not. And they just do not care if it is off the backs of others. ‘They have the money, they can afford it. I want a piece of the pie.’ *sigh*
I’m related to quite a few who think that way and I’m tired of it.
Hmm..stoopid itouch. It deleted a few words. I was referring above to me having to work every weekend.
Well, I think it is safe to say that people are excited about Palin because we thought we had a choice between bad and worse.
We still do. It’s just that Palin represents the first good news from this whole shebang.
All the folks out there who have the “gimme” mentality need to stop, take a breath, put their hands on their shoulders, and pull their heads out of their ass.
That money comes from somewhere (to a point). The amount of money required to meet all the “obligations” runs into the trillions of dollars. Where’s that going to come from, now?
Here’s a quote for you:
The other quote that I was going to paste here… it’s becoming a post.