Will He Sign?

Will President Bush sign the <a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2007/05/25/ag_news/updates/update24.txt">disaster aid/assistance</a> that Congress recently passed? He has never been a big fan of Agricultural disaster aid but he might sign this one. <br />n<br />nI have been <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/plugin/freetag/disaster+aid">talking about this disaster aid</a> for a while. A lot of it is drought assistance for the last couple of years of drought. I made it through last year but I did not realize how bad it was until this year and the wet weather we have been receiving. I guess I had rose colored glasses on last year when it came to the drought. I just downplayed it but it was bad. <br />n<br />nThere are a lot of farmers and ranchers looking for this disaster assistance. The article states farmers in Montana will be eligible for the aid but says nothing about ranchers. It would be curious to know if there is any aid for ranchers. I'm not asking for any aid, but if it was offered I would accept.<br />n<br />nWhen you really think about it, can the government ever make us, farmers and ranchers, whole after a drought or other such disaster? Most of us invest a lot of blood, sweat, tears and soul into raising our crops and when mother nature deals us a bum hand, can we be made whole? We can't be made whole, real simple. In a way, disaster aid is just a way for politicians to feel better about themselves that they are doing something for the common man. It's also a way the politicians in rural states buy votes. It kind of makes a guy feel like a whore for taking the disaster aid. You can't pass up the money but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you get it.<br />n<br />n<strong>The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. Teilhard de Chardin </strong>