{"id":22,"date":"2005-09-05T23:27:21","date_gmt":"2005-09-06T03:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.subbrilliant.com\/news\/?p=22"},"modified":"2005-09-05T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2005-09-06T03:27:21","slug":"bush-declares-war-on-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.subbrilliant.com\/news\/?p=22","title":{"rendered":"Bush Declares ‘War on Hurricanes’"},"content":{"rendered":"

hurricane(NEW ORLEANS) – After touring the flooded city of New Orleans today, President Bush spoke to reporters and declared the United States would wage a “war on hurricanes.”<\/p>\n

“When the coast of your country is attacked and threatens your people, you can’t excuse it for being a weather system.<\/p>\n

“Wherever they hide, wherever they develop, wherever there;s a hint of a tropical depression, we’re gonna smoke ’em out. We will not rest until we’ve hunted down and destroyed every last hurricane on Earth.<\/p>\n

“And let me make this clear to the nations of the world. If you harbor a hurricane, then you are a hurricane and we will treat you as such.”<\/p>\n

Reporters asked several times how the administration planned to carry out the war on hurricanes.<\/p>\n

“We have the finest meteorological fighting force in this country. We will use our satellites, and our radar, and our weather balloons. The hurricanes don’t have a chance,” the President said pointing violently.<\/p>\n

President Bush also made clear that this war on hurricanes would not change the nation’s stance on environmental issues.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think finger-pointing and pushing the blame off on climate and geography serves any purpose. We need to keep a clear focus on the real perpetrators here. Hurricanes.”<\/p>\n

Some wondered why hurricanes were the target of the war rather than the preparations of various governments and agencies.<\/p>\n

“Hurricanes are jealous of our freedom,” he responded.<\/p>\n

The President also plans to ask Congress for a special budget to fund a department of metorological security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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