My heart goes out to those suffering through Hurricane Jeanne. My taxdollars do too, although not voluntarily. President Bush requested that Congress spend more than $7 billion on disaster relief and other costs associated with Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne. In total, he has requested more than $12 billion in federal funds for the states impacted most by the tropical storm season. Is George W. Bush the president of All State, or the president of the United States?

No doubt, this abundance of money will benefit individuals in Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, and other hard-hit states. But the person it will benefit most is the man requesting the appropriation. Santa-Claus-in-chief gets the credit for passing out the presents that we bought. Someone please give George W. Bush a copy of Congressman Davey Crockett's Not Yours to Give.

The other day while doing my dishes (don't have a girlfriend living with me now) I was listening to that Sean Hannity character. He mentioned something about "that's what the federal government is for, when natural disasters happen." This just showed me that I think Sean is a Republican first and a conservative second. What is going on with our Republican party? I support it I guess not because it is "a conservative party" but because it is the more conservative party now. Republicans could use a good reading of this pamphlet and Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative.

"why is it so hard for some to understand that a good law can be unconstitutional?" - J. Goldberg

I wish I could see some of that cash! Unfortunately I wont see a dime. Actually I pay exorbitantly high homeowner/flood insurance premiums. Now I'm required to pay a ludicrous hurricane deductible, which only makes sense if you have over 3k in damage. If you do make a ins. claim the odds that your carrier will drop you are high. You see I actually have a savings account! Unlike many of the losers in this great country. Its hard to believe but I actually work over 20hrs a week also. SO, I wont see a dime from FEMA.
Disaster relief is a joke! If you have no money. No insurance. And no job then Uncle Sam is gonna solve all your problems! I get to spend my hard earned cash on a generator and repairs, while "Larry the Cable Guy's" cousin Earl gets his free. Big govt. sure makes sense!

Auc, did you make it out of these hurricanes okay?

Yeah just a pain in the a**! Lot of tree damage I had a 50ft oak tree go down at a rental/ I've been lumberjacking for 2 days. A lot of small water damage, just a lot o work. What can ya do? I'm over the hurricanes. Hopefully we wont have anymore this year. I havent had a chance to pickup the book yet. Sounds like its doing great. I'll call u later.