Tina Dupuy

“You could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down”, said William Bennett. The same man that had prominent posts in the administrations of Reagan and Bush Sr., who is currently a syndicated radio talk show host/author of a really preachy book. Audio here. Other story here.

The book Freakonomics, which Bennett mentioned, talks about the aborting of unwanted children decreased the crime rate 20 years later.

But instead of UNWANTED – Bennett said BLACK.

First off: I was shocked by this comment. Shocked! Shocked! Shocked! Mainly because I haven’t heard any member of the GOP actually be honest about how they feel about black people since Strom Thurmond died.

Shocked because being OVERTLY racist is TOTALLY out of fashion. We’re talking SERIOUS retro faux pas. Ever since the major party conventions started to look like a United Colours of Benneton Ad – racism is out! Gay bashing, poverty dismissing and immigrant blaming – IN!

Hate doesn’t bother us. It’s hating the RIGHT kind of people, that is important.

It angers us because Bennett was implying that ALL black people are criminals. Let’s face it. That’s not true of any group, except the Italians.

Bennett now says that what he said was taken out of context and it was hypothetical. Not possible. He said it.

HOWEVER, there’s still a bit of free speech left. As long as you don’t say it in the context of anything sexual. Or anything in Arabic. Or anything with ‘foul language’. Or anything non-Christian. Or anything MODERATE and INFORMED, for that matter.

I defend his right to say really STUPID, things – AND I defend my RIGHT to make fun of him for it – until you pry it from my cold dead hands.

It’s your money. You paid for it.
— George W. Bush in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Oct. 18, 2000

Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600

Mark Townsend in Houston
Sunday September 25, 2005
The Observer
An extraordinary appeal to Americans from the Bush administration for money to help pay for the reconstruction of Iraq has raised only $600 (£337), The Observer has learnt.

Just so you don’t think I’m making this up. Here is the website where you can give.

See, major combat operations ended in 2003.

I want to give money to help re-build Iraq. I pay taxes.

But due to no fault of my own, I had several costs that I didn’t prepare for. Pottery Barn has this rule, “You break it, you buy it.” Well, I’m very clumsy. I break a lot of stuff. Stuff that I don’t have the money to pay for. I’ve run up a lot of debt. Money gets misplaced or stolen. Sometimes, I lose it. My finances are such a DISASTER that I think I should hire Mike Brown as a consultant.

It’s HARD. It’s just HARD.

So charity to re-build Iraq, I hope you take checks!

Just kidding. I’m not writing them a check. I’m not donating to Katrina or Rita charities either. From now on – I’m cutting out the ‘middle men’ of philanthropy and just like the rest of Americans, I’m giving all my money to Halliburton!

Did you hear that George W. fell off the wagon? The National Enquirer, written specifically for the inquiring minds of America, reports that Bush started drinking again under the stress of Hurricane Katrina.

In short, this rumor – whether it’s true or not – is suppose to hint at – whether intentionally leaked or not – that Bush isn’t a heartless, uncaring, CEO president. He’s very sensitive, caring and compassionate conservative. So caring, in fact that it drove him to drink.

All the great presidents have had their personal demons. Bill Clinton and JFK, had a thing for the ladies. Lincoln had a thing for the guys. Other greats had health issues that plagued them. George Washington gave short and concise speeches due to the pain of talking with wooden teeth. FDR, was confined to a wheel chair. I pose the question: was Reagan a great president IN SPITE of his Alzheimer’s, or was having Alzhiemer’s what made him seem great?

If Bush wants to be more FDR and less Nixon – vulnerability is the way to go.

This drinking rumor is straight out of the Hollywood play book. After Alexander, stunk up theaters – Oliver Stone got sent to rehab. I suspect that this was a way to avoid the ‘blame game’ for making such an awful waste-of-my-life film. Ah, but if old Demon Alcohol, is responsible – well, that’s understandable isn’t it? Maybe then I won’t sue him to get my $10 with interest, back. No, if he promises to never make another movie like that, I’d personally give Stone another $10, to stay in rehab even longer.

Now that the Katrina death toll has reached over 1,000, and all the other natural disasters that had a comparable death tolls in this country, all happened before the advent of the helicopter. High gas prices, the economy, a couple of wars that have never seem to be run well and sinking popularity polls. I’m thinking there is a Pat O’Brien on Dr. Phil-esque moment coming up for this administration.

Remember that new low for television when Dr. Phil made Pat O’Brien listen the the tapes of his drunk dialing?

Visualize soft light and plants in the back ground. Dr. Phil and Bush both clad in polos sitting in armchairs. This is how I imagine it:

Pat O’Brien: BUSH: To get the second chance, and I think this is a country that allows second chances. We’ve had celebrities who’ve gotten second chances … It’s my turn on this planet to get a second chance.

Dr. Phil: Do you deserve a second chance?

Pat O’Brien: BUSH: Absolutely. I’m a good person, but I’ve gone through a horrendous few weeks. I’ve been through rehabilitation and I’m doing all the right things to get myself back on track.

Dr. Phil: This all came to a head as a product of one weekend several weeks ago in New York Orleans. Tell me what happened that weekend.

Pat O’Brien: BUSH: Everybody has a bottom. And I hit my bottom that horrible weekend in New York Orleans. Do I remember most of it? No. And that’s where the bottom is. It was a weekend of fun, I thought, a weekend of drinking, which turned into a little bit of craziness.

Dr. Phil: This ended badly with you being on the cover of every tabloid and many of the newspapers in the country, so it was more than a little bit of craziness.

Pat O’Brien: BUSH: I kept doing the same thing over and over again expecting another outcome. That’s the definition of insanity … I was out of it, Phil.

Dr. Phil: When I first heard this, having known you, it comes to my mind: What the hell were you thinking?

Pat O’Brien: BUSH: And that’s what’s coming to my mind right now: What was I thinking? You don’t think I’ve asked myself that question? … I was out of control. It was a drunken Pat O’Brien: George W. making a stupid, ridiculous, shameful, self-centered horrible tape series of speeches and decisions… I’ll take responsibility for every word of that because I did it and that’s my voice, but Phil, that is not me. I was fueled up on alcohol. I’m an alcoholic; I’m an addict. I was saying things that when I hear them, I can’t believe I said them. I don’t remember saying it. It’s so hurtful I’ve already blocked it out. I mean, it’s ridiculous. But what made it OK? Four bottles of wine and two bottles of champagne. I blame myself.

*sniffle* Pass the Kleenex!

*sniffle* You’re forgiven.

You’ll get my support for social security reform now, Mr. President! Let’s fight and win the War on Porn!

Dear John Roberts,

Tina

Ways to know your popularity ratings are really, really low:

Son of Florida Gov. Bush Arrested

AUSTIN, Texas – The youngest son of Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said.

That’s right, when in your home state, your drunken 21-year-old nephew gets ARRESTED, you KNOW your popularity is in the gutter. Maybe the local officials don’t like taking the blame for the federal screw ups, after all.

My mother has high blood pressure. Her doctor told her to change her diet. I told her to stop watching Fox News.

“Please Mom, don’t you want to live long enough to be put in that nursing home I promised you? Think of your children!”

Anyway, she tried cutting down. She won’t quit. She’s drunk on that rush of fear that comes just before the commercial break. “Will the terrorists strike in your town? Some people think so – after our break find out!”

So, this is how I know what Bill O’Reilly’s Talking Points are without ever actually watching his show. It’s my mother’s statement of any political discussion. And apparently O’Reilly, like a lot of the conservative screaming heads, is obsessed with moralizing the wretched photos of the Katrina victims. “Many, many, many of the poor in New Orleans are in that condition. They weren’t going to leave no matter what you did. They were drug-addicted,” he states. Wagging his finger at all the depravity of their ‘condition’.

The condition, that of being poor, making around $8,000 a year, is portrayed as a character flaw. If you are poor – there is something wrong with you. Never mind that 37 million Americans, or 12.7% of us are impoverished. You want to make poverty go away, make people that are poor feel bad about their situation. AS IF being poor doesn’t already suck…

Say this is true. Say it’s true that if you are poor it’s because you lack moral character. It’s because you are too lazy to go to college and get a good paying job and it is a matter of personal responsibily that you pull yourself out of that. If you don’t it’s because you’re a failure.

By that reasoning, you know whose better than all those 37 million Americans?
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She’s flawless!