At least we didn't offer the pocket lint!

If you have followed the U.S. response to one of the deadliest natural disasters in history, you may have noticed a pattern of reaction rather than action. As President Bush remained at his Crawford ranch clearing brush and riding his bicycle, Colin Powell offered a monumental fifteen million dollars in aid. Bush had the opportunity to show his ability to lead, to organize a relief effort by our allies (both of them), but he stayed on his ranch and sent Colin Powell to let them eat cake. It seems that our President's leadership bike still needs training wheels. Even a bit of tweaking by a United Nations official only loosened the pursestrings to $35 million. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041228/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_quake . Finally today, we upped the amount of aid to $350 million. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a4_a_zg6UFus&refer=us . It seems that it took him a while, but the leader of the free world found something in it for himself. Sure, Haliburton won't be able to cash in on this one, but by sending his brother as an "ambassador", Jeb can be moved onto a larger stage. Maybe Schwartzenneger for President wouldn't be so bad after all.