I just heard (sunday evening) that the Incompetent-In-Chief has ordered that all flags at US government buildings be lowered to half-mast in honor of Chief Justice Rehnquist's passing.
I have no problem with this symbolic act; it's traditional to do this (even though I won't be shedding any tears for this man, who has done so much to hurt this country).
What I do have a problem with is this...(after the fold)...
Thousands of people are killed in the worst disaster ever to hit this country.
MANY TIMES MORE than on 9/11. Flags are still waving at the top of flagpoles.
Meanwhile, the so-called president is on vacation, playing golf, attending fundraisers, licking birthday cakes, sitting on his ass reading My-Pet-Fucking-Goat, and he doesn't think it's worth bothering to order this symbolic gesture for them - the thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of Americans who died because of his bloody stupidity!
Cheney's still on vacation. Flags are still waving at the top of flagpoles.
Condoleeeezza's out spending thousands on shoes and watching Spamalot. Flags are still waving at the top of flagpoles.
The nitwit frat-buddies that Bush appointed to FEMA and Fatherland Security are doing endless press conferences, as more dark-skined people die hour by hour. Flags are still waving at the top of flagpoles.
Now, a god-damned week after this disaster struck, within 24 hours of when the right-wing judge that handed Bush the presidency finally kicks the bucket, only now does that fuck think it's time for a gesture in memory of someone. Get out there and lower all those flags. Not for the thousands who have been dying - and who continue to die - but for one old right wing crony.
There are estimates that death toll may be measured in the tens of thousands.
Oh, they were just a bunch of poor black folks. Thousands of 'em, eh? Now watch this drive....
Fuck...