So, India has gotten some promises from Preznit Where's Delhi....perhaps it would be wise to remind them what bright college students in this country in the American "Heartland" know before they begin counting any chickens, symbolic or otherwise:
He promised to deliver programs to encourage students to stay in school. Maybe the $12.7 billion in federal student loans he will cut over the next five years could have helped.
His response to the fledgling health care system was equally patchy. He hoped for a day when Americans would never face a new disease yet discouraged the use of human embryos in medical research necessary to find cures to fatal diseases like HIV / AIDS already afflicting the U.S.
Every American should be able to afford insurance coverage, he said, but massive budget deficits that may approach or exceed $400 billion this year leave little room for new, expensive initiatives to provide health benefits.
And with rising energy costs contributing to a large chunk of the deficit, Bush renewed his urge to decrease dependency on foreign oil.
“America is addicted to oil,” Bush touted, but with the president pushing during his last campaign for expanded drilling in Alaska and areas designated as national parks, is he sure it’s not his nose itching for some candy?
Any country that can't offer up a decent plate of BBQ'd Brisket isn't going to get much more than an empty smile and the wave of a hand. Note to the Indian Government: if he says you're doing a "really good job", lock away your daughters, change the passwords on your bank accounts and hide the cash in the mattress, because he's about to cut you off at the knees...
It's his trademark.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.02.06 at 09:59 PM
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There's an interetsing theory floating around some corners of the internets that India got carte blanche to prduce as many nuclear weapons as they felt like because Mr Bush has had a couple of really bad weeks and the grey men in the grey suits are absolutely desperate for some kind of good news - ANY kind of good news - so Mr Bush can once again stride mightily across the world stage.
This 'deal' with India, what a non-issue. Prior to the trip, ask yourself, would you have thought for a second, 'Geez, I hope Preznit Popularity strikes a nuclear deal with India, I'm loosin sleep over it...'. What a joke.....
posted by: fwacbar on 03.04.06 at 08:48 AM [permalink]