Bush wants to declare Sept. 15th a national day of prayer and remeberance, I want him to declare a national day of FUCKING DOING SOMETHING FOR YOU FELLOW MAN.

Especially me because that's my birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORA!

(A much better use of asscaps)

Hee!

Sean, I hear you on the outrage. I've turned it inward and it's probably not very healthy. I should asscap it before I explode.

I sense that you are upset Sean.

Somebody said online "If there are no atheists in foxholes, there are also no libertarians when the levee breaks."

Sadly, this is proving false.

I sense that you are upset Sean.

Huh. I thought I was keeping it under wraps pretty well.

Which subtle face tic gave it away?

It's that vein in your forehead!

Sean, I am so there with you. I just spent fifteen minutes on the phone ranting to a friend who's now in shock because he's never heard me go off before.

Want more outrage? Bush Suspends Minimum Wage in Recovery Area

An Executive Order from the White House Web site:

(b) The wage rates imposed by section 3142 of title 40, United States Code, increase the cost to the Federal Government of providing Federal assistance to these areas.

(c) Suspension of the subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148, and the operation of related acts to the extent they depend upon the Secretary of Labor's determinations under section 3142 of title 40, United States Code, will result in greater assistance to these devastated communities and will permit the employment of thousands of additional individuals...

And, as to such contracts to be performed in such jurisdictions, I do hereby suspend, until otherwise provided, the provisions of any Executive Order, proclamation, rule, regulation, or other directive providing for the payment of wages, which provisions are dependent upon determinations by the Secretary of Labor under section 3142 of title 40, United States Code

AmericaBlog's reaction:

Let me break that down for you. At a time of national crisis, and the President already having signed $61 BILLION in disaster relief, we as a nation can't afford to pay $9 an hour to laborers? ...

This isn't about employing more people, this is a disgusting cash grab the likes of which has never been visited upon our nation...

Question Mr. President - why are you trampling on state's rights to have a minimum wage higher than your Government's pittance? While pointing fingers at the state for not doing enough for itself? Is it state's rights or not? You can't have it both ways.

Every time I think it can't get more outrageous....

And Sean, I think our differences are more stylistic than substantive. I'm more likely to keep it in.