Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Thanks to RecipeforDisaster.org for this one...

A RECIPE FOR DISASTER


Katrina a la Bush

Ingredients

1 - Great American City1 - Category-4 Hurricane1 - President on vacation1 - Grover Norquist bathtub


Preparation

Take one great American city.
Place in Grover Norquist's bathtub.
Slowly stir in 2 1/2 centuries of racism and inequality, while de-funding basic infrastructure.
Ignore repeated calls to reinforce protective levees.
Let it sit until conditions ripen.

Separate out 35% of the Louisiana National Guard and 1/2 the high-water Humvees.
Box up in C-130 military transport and send to Iraq.
They will not be used.

With a large blunt knife, cut FEMA by 500 personnel
Grease cookie jar with political appointments
Replace the FEMA director with the ex-Commissioner of the International Arabian Horses Association.

In a separate bowl ........

relax regulation of nearby waste dumps

Tenderize levee system by cutting funding for the US Army Corp of Engineers.

Whip up a category-4 Hurricane
Add unusual ferocity by neglecting Global Warming and combine with
remaining ingredients into a toxic stew.

Let it soak until hundreds are dead.

This may take several days

While standing around ......
Play guitar, sleep, cut birthday cake, clear brush on vacation estate

During this time keep everyone else away.

Serving

Salt to taste with excuses and cavalier comments
Serve to leery public, as poll numbers sink

Clean-up

If clean-up proves difficult and expensive........
Consider using products from Halliburton and other well known brands.

Sweep leftovers under rug.

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