Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Proof that Obama's Election is a Disaster

President Bush declares D.C. a federal emergency area.


So is Illinois, but at least they have a sense of humor about it:

6 comments:

RebeccaH said...

Great. My tax dollars at work. They couldn't just ask the Nation of Islam to step in and do it for free?

Anonymous said...

Is that for real? Ha!

Paco said...

Saint: I don't know; in retrospect, I kinda doubt it. Perhaps I should have said, instead of "they", "someone" has a sense of humor.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, it's real. Disaster or emergency declarations have to be made by the President, but there is no list of disasters. I forget the exact wording, but it's largely based on on well a given jurisdiction can handle a given "emergency". In this case, it's a means to get cash to the city government to pay the extra costs.

Still, those laws and subsequent executive orders were intended for disasters, so you have it right, Paco.

But I saw that this is the first such declaration for any inauguration.

Anonymous said...

Whoops! I meant to add: "So The Mighty O! sets yet another (unwanted) precedent for His term in office."

Anonymous said...

I'm surprised the reality based community aren't up in arms.
Clearly this is President Bush positioning the final pieces for his long awaited coup.