Disaster expenses piling up and no relief for the poor in this country make me madder every time a news report comes on TV or is read in the papers or on line. All this Iraq cra* is unmitigated BUSHSHI*. Bush's BS over there and all he (maybe that should be changed to IT since his gender is questionable) does sucking up to Enron and the big oil companies reminds me of Mickey Leland's fiasco.

Many of you will probably remember the Houston congressman who tried to make a name for himself by carrying relief supplies to Africa. Untold millions of American dollars were wasted looking for the plane crash which took his life.

While on the surface, Leland's mission of mercy looked like a great humanitarian move, it was a bunch of malarky. How many untold constituents of his Houston district needed the help he was taking to Africa? Just think of how much good could have been done for HIS PEOPLE in Houston with just the money that was wasted looking for his plane. He owed his constituents ALL of his energies while he owed HIS PEOPLE in Africa not a damned thing besides compassion.

The same analagy goes for Bush's war in Iraq. There are lots more AMERICAN people needing that money spent for them. And, maybe some of them would appreciate it.