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Things Working Out ‘Very Well’ for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans

By E&P Staff

Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM

NEW YORK Accompanying her husband, former President George H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated, “This is working very well for them.”

The former First Lady’s remarks were aired this evening on National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” program.

She was part of a group in Houston today at the Astrodome that included her husband and former President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son, the current president, to head fundraising efforts for the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were also present.

In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: “Almost everyone I’ve talked to says we’re going to move to Houston.”

Then she added: “What I’m hearing which is sort of scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

“And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this—this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”

Damn you The Family Circus! You've perverted all that was once sacred!

So... I guess we won't have school tomorrow.

http://www.browardschools.com/press/breaking.htm

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050822_conformfrm.htm

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Let me be the first to say that school is somniferous.

The Odyssey: the greatest story of all time? More like the gratest story of all time!

The Shadow

versus

Ben Vereen


Who would win?

Well, I was talking to my good friend J.K., when she gave me a copy of the final Harry Potter book. OMG!!!!LOOK!!!!!

And, of course, a picture of a Russian.

I think Shakespeare's play's name should be altered from "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" to "Hamlet, the Little Prince that Could". The latter title appears to be much more fulfilling.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Herr Friedrich Paulus:

Jon, I'd give you a scrolling marguee, as Ashley did, but frankly I have no idea how to do that.
Instead, you get a picture of Buttered Toast Man

and Tom Cruise

and a Mr. Coyle

all for your birthday. Seriously.

After a brief hiatus, Tom Cruise has once again become the most important man on the planet.

Like you weren't expecting this?

I slept with your daughter.