Wish You Were Here President Bush!

My vacation is coming soon and the first thing I'myear when I hooked 2 three pound Pompanos on
going to do when I get there is to send Presidentthe same line at the same time. I had two hooks
George W. Bush a "Having A Great Time, Wishtied onto my line about two feet from the
You Were Here!" card. I'll be fishing in the Gulf ofbottom, with a two ounce triangle weight tied to
Mexico soon and thanks to him, I can afford tothe end of the line.
do so a little longer than I'd planned. It just seemsI had just thrown the rig into the Gulf when a
fair to thank him for giving me a few days moreschool of Pompanos swam by, striking at anything
in the sun and surf, by sending him a card. It's thethat looked like food. The shrimps attached to the
least I can do!hooks on the end of my line were just too
Instead of my already planned vacation to St.appetizing to pass up!
George Island on Apalachicola Bay, Florida, thanksIf you've have ever caught two fish at once you
to President Bush's economic stimulus package Iknow how crazy the fight to bring them into the
have now extended my time down on thenet is going to be. I had six pounds of fish on my
"forgotten coast".line and one wanted to go to the right and the
Last week I received a letter from the IRSother to the left, leaving me with a bent rod and
informing me that my wife and I would bea question of exactly what was on the end of
receiving a check from the governmentmy line.
sometimes in May. I immediately called the realFrom the difficulty I was having in bringing them
estate broker from which I had rented a houseonto the beach, it felt as if I had hooked onto an
on the island for a week and added a few morearmored car that was trying to take my rod and
days to the stay. I hung up the phone with ame to Mexico. It wasn't until I had brought them
feeling of patriotism, having done my duty ininto a few feet of the shore that I saw there
helping to stimulate our economy!were two of them. I'm sure there'll be just an
Springtime fishing on Apalachicola Bay is alwaysexciting time this year when I spend extra time
good. Pompano, redfish, trout, flounder andon the beach, thanks to Mr. Bush. I'm beginning to
mackerel live in these waters and always bitelike him more all the time!
aggressively in the spring. The wonderful thingWhile sorting out my tackle box in anticipation of
about fishing is that you can relive those excitingmy trip south, I have another thought about this
moments, like last year when a big fish broke mystimulus program. Why did they have to send out
line and headed to South America. I loveletters to all America's tax payers telling us that
memories like that!they're going to get money from the government
While I'm fishing this year, I'm sure I'll take a fewin May 2008?
minutes between strikes to mull over this freeI'm no economist, but as far as I can see, the
money experiment from our President. Polls todayonly thing that will be stimulated with this
have predicted that many would save the moneyexpenditure is the government. Why do they
they receive. If that happens, the economy willneed to spend, according to Fox News, CNN,
not be stimulated and this project will fail.ABC, CBS and NBC, about 45 million dollars on
If everyone is as happy as I am spending themailing notices that we're going to get money
money, it will be a huge success, though I can'tfrom the government?
help but wonder that if the $300 I'll receive willThey could just send my money down to the
help the economy so much, why not send mecoast with my new friend George. That way he
$3000? Wouldn't that help the economy more?could make sure the economy would get its
This year I hope the fishing will be as good as lastboost and he might even catch a fish!