Sitting On Trent Lott’s Porch
“The good news is---and it’s hard for some to see it now---that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubble of Trent Lott’s house---he’s lost his entire house---there’s going to be a fantastic house. And I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.”
George W. Bush
Well, not with my $150 billion you’re not.
A few days ago, W asked congress for $10.5 billion. Now he’s gone back for another $51.8 billion. Where do they come up with these numbers? Is the .5 or the .8 really a necessary and integral part of the request? Have they got it down to those fine details or is it all a smoke-screen because asking for $10 billion or $50 billion sounds too general, somehow fiscally ambiguous?
Trent Lott, the guy with the wrecked house and the lousy toupe is the same Trent Lott who, as a United States Senator, got the Deputy Assistant Army Secretary relieved of his duties as issue…