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It's a Great Day for Green Bushies, It's a great day to go play! The sidewalks of Austin are thick with blarney, You'd think the Guv's house was ol' Killarney! It's a great day for the elephant, For the donkey in array! We're feeling so inspirish, Because everyone's Irish, It's a Great, Great, DAY! 
It seems that a House committee voted to have a particular Catholic priest as House chaplain, but "all hell had broken loose" when the selection was announced. House Speaker Dennis O'Hastert then decided to award the position to a runner-up Protestant minister instead, and he was backed, said O'Safire, by "Protestent GOP members, egged on by irate evangelicals." Naturally, the forty Catholic House Republicans were in disagreement. Wouldn't this had been a great time for Mr. O'Bush to step in and assert those leadership qualities that he so often brags are his? "George W. Bush should show some leadership by calling the speaker on St. Patrick's Day to urge him to name a priest," suggested Mr. O'Safire. Don't hold your breath, says I. Just because Mr. O'Bush likes to talk about his leadership qualities in the abstract doesn't mean he has any for a good cause like this. Isn't Dubya bloody well grand? He's a fine piece of work, he is. --Paddy O'Furniture, 3/17/04
1st in Children without Health Insurance %...1st in Toxic Air Releases...1st in Smog Days (Houston)...1st in poorest counties(3)...3rd in Hunger %...5th in Highest Teen Birth Rate...41st in Breast Cancer Screenings...45th in Mothers Receiving Pre-Natal Care...46th in Public Libraries and Branches...46th in High School Completion Rate...46th in Water Resources Protection...47th in Delivery of Social Services...48th in Literacy...48th in Per Capita Funding for Public Health...48 in Best Place to Raise Children (29th before Bush)*...48th in Spending for Parks and Recreation...48th in Spending for the Arts...49th in Spending for the Environment...50th in Women with Health Insurance...50th in Teachers' Salaries plus Benefits...
*Children's Rights Council. further documentation
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