This is how Dubya spent his day:
President Bush plays a guitar presented to him by Country Singer Mark Wills, right, backstage following his visit to Naval Base Coronado, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bush visited the base to deliver remarks on V-J Commemoration Day. (AP Photo/ABC News, Martha Raddatz)
(Via AmericaBlog.)
Nero fiddled while Rome burned. George strummed while New Orleans drowned.
Un-fricking-believable.
Five weeks of vacation, and he doesn’t interrupt it until three days after the storm hits. And it’s not like there wasn’t warning in advance to get things set up.
But hey– save $20 million in not funding preparations, pay $20 BILLION in repairs after the fact. Who could have foreseen it? Planning for things going wrong is just so uncool. Now watch me play this lick.