I Told You So...Again

Ever vigilent, I just found this little tidbit on the Drudge Report:

During his speech...

Bush repeated a hotline number, 1-877-568-3317, for people to call to help reunite family members separated during the hurricane. Moments later, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., criticized Bush, saying "Leadership isn't a speech or a toll-free number."

"No American doubts that New Orleans will rise again," Kerry said. "They doubt the competence and commitment of this administration." House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, in a joint statement, said, "We are concerned by Bush administration initiatives this week waiving wage protections, environmental safeguards and protections for veterans, minorities, women and the disabled."

By waiving "wage concessions," they mean the Davis-Bacon Act. Don't even ask what it is if you don't already know--it's a waste of time to worry about the issue unless you are an elected Democratic politician or a union member. The important part is this:

"Sec. 6. In the event of a national emergency the President is authorized to suspend the provisions of this Act."

Regarding environmental "safeguards", I didn't hear anything about shingling houses with asbestos, using oil full of PCB's and dioxin, or killing speckled spotted owls and tree toads in President Bush's speech tonight.

Did you?

This is ironic, after all, since you should remember that the tree-hugging, eco-fascist environmentalists were the exact ones that helped get New Orleans into this mess in the first place? It wasn't a lack of funding, it was their stupid lawsuits filed against the permitting and construction of locks and levees in the 1960's and 1970's that helped delay and raise the construction price and indirectly helped cause this mess in the first place.

And finally, unless there are three or four cruise ship loads of vietnam veteran, minority, female, amputee bulldozer operators and civil engineers hiding just off shore in the Gulf of Mexico waiting for disaster relief employment, Nasty Pelosi and Dingy Harry Reid can just shut the heck up as far as I'm concerned.

If we have to do this and pay for it with my tax dollars, I want you to bring your highly capable, expertly qualified, rear end to my office, fill out an application, pass the drug test, and get your ass to work--I don't care if you have a vagina, a purple heart, brown skin, or how many body parts or brain cells you are missing--as long as you are willing to just shut up and get the work done that I'm paying you to do, damn it.

You got that?