Why is it that the press manages to make some of the utterances of Preznit Eternal Liar seem like they are straight off the mountain on stone tablets? Seems that the missle-man has gone all steely-eyed on the Avian Flu trail...

President Bush outlined a $7.1 billion strategy Tuesday to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu as a first wave of protection.

The president also said the United States must approve liability protection for the makers of lifesaving vaccines. He said the number of American vaccine manufacturers has plummeted because the industry has been hit with a flood of lawsuits.

But wait. Preznit Action Figure has called for immediate Avian Flu Action...release the hounds, just like these examples...

The Bush administration has missed dozens of deadlines set by Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks for developing ways to protect airplanes, ships, and railways from terrorists.

A plan to defend ships and ports from attack is six months overdue. Rules to protect air cargo from infiltration by terrorists are two months late. A study on the cost of antiterrorism training for federal law enforcement officers who fly commercially was supposed to be done more than three years ago.
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Thompson said the government has yet to develop a comprehensive plan to protect roads, bridges, tunnels, power plants, pipelines, and dams. He said a broad plan to protect levies and dams might have helped prevent the New Orleans levies from being breached.

Oh, wait. First we have cut taxes again, then we need to sign the new, improved Patriot Act, and protect Big Pharma from litigation, then we need to cut taxes again, then we need to swagger around and threaten either Syria or Iran, then cut taxes again.

Avian Flu? Whazzat? Fuck it, we'll just cut taxes. Again.