Jesus.

I was up early this morning and saw the breaking news on CNN about the huge quake in Pakistan. And I thought, as one does, about what a terrible tragedy it was, and I said a silent prayer of gratitude to whomever it is that I pray to that I don't know anyone there.

I also felt that I knew with a sickening sense of certainty what the reaction of some of the pro-Bush bloggers would be. And I was right.

Sean Hackbarth (who, I grant you, has a cool name) asks:

When will President Bush be blamed and when will Halliburton be accused of reaping profits from the dead?

If it turns out he is in any way responsible, and if that corporation does, in fact, start reaping profits from the dead, Sean. That's when. So far as I know, there is as yet no reason to think either of those things are true.

ETA: Although, it's worth reporting that within a few hours, the UK had aid teams on the way. Which, if we've done yet, I haven't seen it.

Meanwhile, someone whose blog in no way suggests he has issues about his manhood, "Big Dog" expands on Hackbarth's satirical point above.

In a related story Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Ted Kennedy want to know why George Bush did not respond before this disaster. They claim many lives would have been saved if the US federal government had acted more quickly. FEMA, already under the gun for its response to hurricane Katrina, was also fingered as a responsible party.

Said Pelosi, “If this administration can not handle natural disasters in a more efficient manner to save lives, how can we trust them to do anything?”

Ted Kennedy reported that George Bush was too busy giving a speech to oil executives to put together a plan before this happened and Harry Reid is calling for the head of FEMA to be fired.

Senator Hillary Clinton has called for an investigation like the 9/11 Commission to find out what the President knew and when he knew it (sort of like that book about her).

Yeah, I know the reference to the widely-discredited book about Hillary Clinton doesn't quite make sense. You have to understand. I mean, I don't know "the Big Dog," but I'm guessing he saw a chance to take a swipe at so many people that he despises in one go. He just got a little overexcited. I'm sure he appreciates your understanding, and the knowledge that it happens to all bloggers at some time or another.