{"id":1236,"date":"2005-09-15T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2005-09-15T08:50:51","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T12:50:51","slug":"herbert-hover-wasnt-so-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Herbert Hover wasn&#039;t so bad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"maher.jpg\" id=\"image1235\" src=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/maher.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just a big fan of anyone who mentions Herbert Hoover.  Preferably when they use the term  <a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/amex\/dustbowl\/peopleevents\/pandeAMEX05.htmls\"><em>Hover Flag<\/em><\/a> or  <a target=\"_top\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoovervilles\"><em>Hoverville<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher An Open Message to George Bush:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. President, this job can&#8217;t be fun for you any more. There&#8217;s no more money to spend&#8211;you used up all of that.  You can&#8217;t start  another war because you used up the army. And now, darn the luck, the rest of your term has become  the Bush family nightmare: helping poor people.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to your Mom. The cupboard&#8217;s bare, the credit cards maxed out. No one&#8217;s speaking to you. Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now it&#8217;s time to do what you&#8217;ve always done best: lose interest  and walk away. Like you did with your military  service and the oil company and the baseball team. It&#8217;s time. Time to move on and try the next fantasy job. How  about cowboy or space man? Now  I know what you&#8217;re saying: there&#8217;s so many other things that you as President  could involve yourself in. Please don&#8217;t. I know, I know. There&#8217;s a lot left to do. There&#8217;s a war with Venezuela.  Eliminating the sales tax on yachts. Turning the space program over to the church&#8230; and Social Security to Fannie  Mae.  Giving embryos the vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, Sir, none of that is going to happen now. Why? Because you govern like Billy Joel drives. You&#8217;ve performed  so poorly I&#8217;m surprised that you haven&#8217;t given yourself a medal. You&#8217;re acatastrophe that walks like a man.  Herbert Hoover was a shitty president, but even he never conceded an entire  city to rising water and snakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On your watch, we&#8217;ve lost almost all of our allies, the surplus, four airliners, two trade centers, a piece  of the Pentagon and the City of New Orleans. Maybe you&#8217;re just not lucky. I&#8217;m not saying you don&#8217;t love this country.  I&#8217;m just wondering how much worse it could be if you were on the other side.&#8221;So, yes, God does speak to you. What  He is saying is: &#8216;Take a hint.&#8217; &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just a big fan of anyone who mentions Herbert Hoover. Preferably when they use the term Hover Flag or Hoverville. Bill Maher An Open Message to George Bush: &#8220;Mr. President, this job can&#8217;t be fun for you any more. There&#8217;s no more money to spend&#8211;you used up all of that. 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