In the midst of Dana Milbank’s dispatch about the Worst Absentee President ever (a taste: “To react to the main news of the day — thousands of deaths from the cyclone in Burma — Bush sends his wife out to make a statement. She criticizes the Burmese government for its failure ‘to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm’s path’ and ‘to meet its people’s basic needs.’ Reporters, too tactful to draw parallels to New Orleans, quiz her instead about daughter Jenna’s wedding, and the names of future grandchildren. ‘George and Georgia, Georgina, Georgette,’ the first lady says.” Well that is tactful. Thanks, you demure and politic newshounds.) we get a bit of detail on Our Government’s response to the aforementioned cyclone:

[ some deputy of a deputy of a deputy asshole left behind to give the press conference ] began with the news that the United States had provided a whopping $250,000 to relief efforts in Burma

Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars? Really? That’s barely enough for a body to get foreclosed on. Why didn’t they include a couple gameboys so people could entertain themselves while dying of thirst? Maybe a do-it-yourself four-square kit, minus the ball? I’ve said it before and (I hate to say, but you have to figure) I’ll say it again: what an unbelievable shithead. He doesn’t even have to be paying attention to fuck people over.

… maybe I’m being unfair. That’s a whole shiny quarter for everybody who lost their home.

… praise be: $3 a home!