A Going Away Gift from San Francisco to George W. Bush

[Lathyrus]

Along with same-sex marriage and Jefferson Airplane, this is another reason why San Francisco is such an awesome city.


SAN FRANCISCO - A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.

The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.

Supporters say the idea is to commemorate the mess they claim Bush has left behind.

"We think that it's important to remember our leaders in the right historical context," said McConnell, a member of the group that was formed after friends came up with the renaming idea.

"In President Bush's case, we think that we will be cleaning up a substantial mess for the next 10 or 20 years," he said. "The sewage treatment facility's job is to clean up a mess, so we think it's a fitting tribute."

(Mod Edit):

Full story here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25735046/

[Eleven]

This reminds me of Clinton staffers removing the W key from keyboards when they left the White House and of the Freedom Fry false patriotism episode. A waste of energy all.

I'd rather just forget the bastard.

[rapt]

we need more fitting tributes like this :)






Along with same-sex marriage and Jefferson Airplane, this is another reason why San Francisco is such an awesome city.


i want to add great veggie restaurants and killa gay bars to that list http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/shared/emoticons/razz.gif

[Sevenseas]

The plant may work too efficiently to be named George W. Bush anything.

[SomebodyElse]

As a native San Franciscan, I'd rather not see George W. Bush's name on anything in the city.

[Savannah]

The plant may work too efficiently to be named George W. Bush anything.


agreed! now if the plant was closed, shuttered and useless, the renaming would make complete sense.

[Eleven]

If Bush is anything, he is efficient. He led a continued and accelerated dismantling of the 4th Amendment, managed a meteoric rise in the price of a barrel of oil, further deregulated the food and drug industries, effectively disenfranchised 4,000,000 potential Iraqi voters, and drastically increased the wealth of the richest Americans while lowering the real income of the poor - all just as he intended.

[Sevenseas]

If Bush is anything, he is efficient. He led a continued and accelerated dismantling of the 4th Amendment, managed a meteoric rise in the price of a barrel of oil, further deregulated the food and drug industries, effectively disenfranchised 4,000,000 potential Iraqi voters, and drastically increased the wealth of the richest Americans while lowering the real income of the poor - all just as he intended.He may be efficient in those things but not in these:

-tying shoelaces
-reading a book without pictures
-forming a coherent sentence

[rainforests1]

I'd have to agree with Dorinson. I'm not a Bush supporter, but it is childish and I really can't see the humor behind it, if that was the intention.

[Lathyrus]

I'd have to agree with Dorinson. I'm not a Bush supporter, but it is childish and I really can't see the humor behind it, if that was the intention.

It is somewhat childish I'll admit but c'mon, can't you see the humour behind it? I mean in fifty years time the greatest monument that has Bush's name on it will be a sewage plant!

[Savannah]

of course it is funny, but naming a functioning and competent sewage treatment plant after an arrogant, incompetent President is surely an insult to the sewage plant.

[DNK]

And also I think more raw sewage came out of Bush than in to Bush. It's backwards, and doesn't make sense logically. And think of the people! The workers at the plant. I mean, working with sewage is one thing; working in the G.W. Bush building is just inhumane.

Voted: childish but funny. I'd probably vote for it despite the issues. A little levity is a good thing, even in politics.

[osito]

As a native San Franciscan, I'd rather not see George W. Bush's name on anything in the city.

agreed

[TigerLover]

The best way to celebrate Bush's passing from the Oval Office is to simply hang up a pic of him and have a dart throwing contest. LOL. Old fashioned - yes; fun - hysterically so.