Bush said we were sending $35 bln not $35 miln

[indigobusiness]

He is so blase' with spending he has no clue to the money he throws around.

I wish it were $35 BILLION we were sending for disaster relief, and that the expense necessitated pullling out of Iraq, and the ending of that disaster creation.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I heard that, too...

... it was a "Dr Evil" moment (when Dr Evil didn't know the difference between a million and a billion in today's currency).

[indigobusiness]

3. That sort of thing troubles me...

even if it is a slip, and not mere cuelessness.

[Democrats_win]

2. Did he really say billion?

He said $15 billion for AIDS relief in Africa and they never got it. Africa's disaster will in the long run be much worse although the immediate need for money and assistance in the Indian ocean is greater.

[indigobusiness]

5. Ass covering

is not leadership.

edit- Yes he said billion. Another in the long line of his endless points of darkness.

[ohtransplant]

4. I heard it too.

It struck me that he didn't know he'd made a mistake. I had to turn him off at that point or my head would have exploded!

[indigobusiness]

6. Mine started smoking...

wisps of my scorched soul wafted out of my ears.

[ohtransplant]

10. Glad to see you made it through.

It looks like we'll be in for a rough time during the "inaugural" address and the State of The Union.

I may take up yoga or meditation. Better yet, it might be a good idea to leave the county for a few days (or leave my TV off).

[indigobusiness]

14. I've asked my neighbor

to hide all my sharp objects.

[Deja Q]

7. I jut saw a washington post video; he said Million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/politics/122904-5v.htm

I looked at his lips to see if there's any dubbing. I couldn't see any. It's definitely "M"illion.

[indigobusiness]

11. I clearly saw and heard him say "billion"...

I have been wrong before, but I would be willing to bet on this.

[Rose Siding]

12. It's later, in his first answer in the Q&A

They cleaned up the transcript but the joker said billion.

[Kota]

8. He probably thought 35 mil was wrong in

comparison to the 40 mil for his party.His handlers probably took him aside afterward and reminded him not to think.

[jokerman93]

9. billion...million...yawn.

It simply means very little thought is being given to the issue and he probably has no intention of following up on his pledges. Just a sound byte to shut us up.

Remember the AIDS pledge for Africa? Bush is such a puppet.

[indigobusiness]

13. He is a dangerous cog

in the wheel of the meatgrinder.

Apathy is death.