With the Bush preoccupation - and occupation - with Iraq so far costing each and every U.S. citizen over $US700, it's really no wonder Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact is so much greater than it might have been.

Current estimates warn that the cost of the disasterous and completely illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq and its bloody aftermath may soon exceed $US700 billion. That's $US100 billion more than the U.S. spent blundering around in its war on the Vietnamese.

And where's the National Guard when you need it?!

As hurricane Rita - the third most intense Atlantic hurricane on record - heads for the Texas coast, forcing about 1.3 million people to evacuate, the frighteningly out-of-touch U.S. President and his creepy jesus brigade are no doubt thanking the lord for his latest bounty. Jehovah must surely have something special in mind for this pious, peace-loving faux cowboy's home state!

Or is it possible that, after the shock and awe of the Bush gang's obscene New Orleans fiasco, perhaps even they are wondering whose side 'god' is really on.

Or perhaps not. After all, grasping reality is not one of Dubya's strong points.

The two-faced, forked-tongued Bush regime continues to harbour "the Osama bin Laden of Latin America", Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA tool and rabid anti-communist. Posada is wanted for the October 1976 bombing of a civilian Cubana Airlines flight that killed all 73 people aboard, and other terrorist acts.

Sickeningly, the Bushies have denied Venezuela's request to extradite him on the grounds that he could face torture there. Torture? Are they kidding?!

As the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq exposed, a prisoner is more likely to be tortured in the custody of the Amerikkkan government.

As Amerikkka's Liar-in-Chief George W Bush and his Vice President Darth Cheney continue to spout the lies that sent the world into a tailspin, my gut churns at the sight of a chicken-hearted man of empire, attempt to bathe himself in the once-great Muhammad Ali's Parkinson-addled glow.

If only Ali could have delivered one of his mighty uppercuts to the smirking Shrub.