A;; ABORD...CHILLIN: Oh NO, Mr. Bill: puppet noz better than preznit

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from a 'justslackin@yahoo' activist, where I hang out:

According to the Rude Pundit, Mr. Bill (of Saturday Night Live fame)
starred in a commercial about New Orleans a year ago:

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2005/09/even-mr.html

Even Mr. Bill Knew the Levees Wouldn't Hold:
In early 2004, lovable, crushable clay animated figure Mr. Bill from
Saturday Night Live starred in an ad to alert people to the problems
with the wetlands in Louisiana. On Good Morning, America today,
President Bush said, "I don't think anyone could have anticipated the
breach of the levees." He was wrong. Mr. Bill already had. Here's a
transcript of the stunningly prescient ad, from CNN on May 27, 2004:

MR. BILL: Gee, kids, I'm not sure we can do our show today because it
looks like Hurricane Sluggo is headed right for us here in America's
wetlands.

WALTER WILLIAMS, MR. BILL CREATOR: That's right, Mr. Bill. And since
New Orleans is below sea level, if a hurricane hit us directly, it
could push the water over the levees and fill it to the top.

BILL: Well then we'd better leave.

WILLIAMS: Well it's too late to evacuate since all the roads are jammed
and under water.

BILL: Then where can we go that's safe?

WILLIAMS: Here this should work.

BILL: Gee, I hope it doesn't get much higher.

WILLIAMS: Well, Red, the alligator, doesn't seem too worried.

BILL: Yes, that's because he can swim. You know I don't do that too
well.

WILLIAMS: Well in that case, Red says he'll have one of his buddies
come and give you a lift.

BILL: That's OK. Maybe you could mind the water wings or something. Oh,
get me out of here! No, wait, no, no, ohhh!

WILLIAMS: Let's act now before it's too late.

By the way, Williams pulled Mr. Bill out of the campaign in June of
this year when he believed it was being used as a tool to cover up the
misdeeds of Shell Oil.



Figures, a clay puppet knows more about the important stuff than our
Preznit.

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Thomas N. Beck

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