:: Sitting President ::

I'm sitting in the midst of a classroom with little kids, listening to a children's story and I realize I'm the Commander in Chief and the country has just come under attack."

BUZZFLASH on President Bush’s Minutes of Silence That Should Live in Infamy

That Bush is a pawn and unable to act decisively until his handlers tell him what to do and hand him a script.
That he put at risk the children and adults at Booker School by staying in the classroom, even though he might, the White House claimed, have been a target of the terrorist attacks that day.
That he calmly listened to a pet goat story and complimented the children on their reading skills as Americans and foreigners burned alive or jumped to their deaths from the twin towers.
That he did not ask a question of Andrew Card or seek any further information on the terrorist attack on America until his handlers had decided FOR him what he should do.
That he showed the chronic lack of leadership that has characterized his entire life, the scion of a family who are brand names that other forces use to advance an anti-American, Neo-Confederate, plutocratic, fundamentalist religious agenda. He cannot act on his own.
That he chose to continue a photo-op with black children designed to give him the image of a "compassionate conservative" concerned about education for even black kids was more important than the national security of the United States.

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Thoughts Going Through His Mind At This Moment:

Not now, Andy. I've got to find out what happens to this pet goat.

You want to really see me do nothing? Just wait until New Orleans floods.

No problem. Cheney's gonna make Scooter take the fall for it.

Huh, just like that memo said would happen.

The ironic thing is, in my drinking days, I loved kamikazes.

Hang on. Give me a couple of minutes to think of ways to politicize this.

Great. Now I'm gonna have to listen to Richard Clarke say "I told you so."

I'm going to sit right here and if anyone criticizes me, well, they're unpatriotic.

Finally, a way to get Bill Maher off network television.

Great, now I have an excuse to go to Louisiana and Nebraska today.

Gee, George Schultz never told me there'd be days like this.

I'm sorry, I missed that. Did you say something about tax cuts for the rich?

Why are you telling me? Everyone knows Cheney's the one really in charge.

Damn. I had September 12th in the office pool.

Seriously, there has got to be an easier way to earn four hundred thousand dollars a year.

If he had mentioned “Skull & Bones” I would have gotten up.

As soon as I get out of this classroom I’ve got to call Cheney so we can get our stories straight for the 9/11 Commission.

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After being told “A second plane has hit the second tower. America is under attack” George W. Bush sat and read “The Pet Goat” for seven minutes. Below is a list of what happens, on average, in seven minutes. If these things can happen in seven minutes, imagine what an “activist President” could have done…

Every Seven Minutes…

The earth travels 77,742 miles around the sun

Lightning strikes the earth 42,000 times

672 people die

1134 people are born

49 newborns die

168 people die of hunger

70 children die of hunger

Seven people die as a result of armed violence

35 people die of AIDS

70 people in Sub-Saharan African are infected with HIV

Seven women in developing countries die in childbirth

1,330 women face an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy

35 girls suffer genital mutilation

420 million barrels of oil are burned

10.5 million dollars are spent on armaments

* Admittedly, these facts are from various, and perhaps, dubious, sources. Verification may be arbitrary – much like the US Presidential Elections of 2000 and 2004.

P.S.
Today the Iraq war is costing American taxpayers $250,000 a minute - $1,750,000 every seven minutes.