The Funny Farm

The Latest Pontifications From pRezNit Shuck and Jive

Yes, we know it's been a while since we managed to get into the pages of OSP. But there have been a number of things getting in the way, and not enough earth-shattering news to bring to you, dear reader. But get a load of this:

President George W. Bush went to Canada on Tuesday seeking better ties with a northern neighbor, but he was dismissive about Canadians' strong opposition to the war in Iraq. "You know, I haven't seen the polls you look at. We just had a poll in our country where people decided that the foreign policy of the Bush administration ought to ... stay in place for four more years," he told a Canadian reporter. [-snip-] Bush expressed gratitude that Canada has agreed to send $200 million in humanitarian aid to Iraq and will forgive $450 million of Iraq's prewar debt to Canada. [-snip-]

Isn't it nice that pRezNit Faith-Based Government is able to forgive debt on behalf of other nations? Maybe we can get one of our friends in Canada to forgive the debt owed by the Funny Farm to the mortgage company. Oh, that's right - we aren't letting the BFEE steal 8.8 Billion dollars in oil money from under our property like the Iraqis are*.

A tip of the hat goes out to Corrente for leading us to the story about the (lack of) accountability of the junta with regards to Iraqi finances.

This entry cross-posted at Open Source Politics.

* - Okay - we're using a little poetic license here. The Iraqis aren't exactly letting the BFEE take their oil money - they have little say in the process.

Editors' Note: we didn't mean to imply that BabyDoc could magically forgive other nations' debts at a whim. Yet. We merely wanted to point out that it's awful nice that The Emperor With No Clothes is kind enough to thank others for their charity while giving none at home.]

Posted by (: Tom :) at December 1, 2004 06:03 AM