Apocalypse hits the paycheck heads.

New Orleans is under water, they're talking about evacuating the refugee centre in the stadium and car lots, the drinking water supply is gone.

Maybe there's a million homeless, the dead will be in hundreds, the next storm is brewing in the carribean, the oil wells are closed, the crops of the mississippi valley are destroyed.

People are stealing tvs from the mall.

President Bush took time out from his vacations in Texas to fly to the Californian naval base of Coronado. Its sounds like a spanish place, and they founded it, name means "crowned".

There, Bush the crowned told his audience of the war on Iraq, and how the USA will not flinch an inch. He made a direct link to last Friday's anniversary, the 60th anniversary of the Japanese surrender to Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

The general who oversaw the writing of the japanese constitution and finally was relieved of duty for exceeding orders and planning to nuke Korea and China.

Bush told his audience of navy and marines that the bombing at Pearl Harbor in 1941 that brought the US into war with Japan and Germany is the same as Sept. 11, 2001- the terrorist attack that led to today's war on terror.

"Once again, war came to our shores with a surprise attack that killed thousands in cold blood," Bush said. "Once again, we face determined enemies who follow a ruthless ideology that despises everything America stands for. Once again, America and our allies are waging a global campaign with forces deployed on virtually every continent. And once again, we will not rest until victory is America's and our freedom is secure."

"The Japanese constitution would guarantee the universal freedoms that are the foundation of all genuine democracies, while, at the same time, reflecting the unique traditions and needs of the Japanese people," Bush said, adding that it "set Japan on the path to a free society."

MacArthur's constitution was accepted by Japan after the first and second and only use of nuclear weapons on civilians.

Bush congratulated the lawmakers of the green zone Baghdad :

"The document they have produced protects fundamental human freedoms, including freedom for women, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of conscience, and freedom of expression," Bush said. "This constitution is the result of democratic debate and compromise, and the Iraqi citizens can be proud of what they have accomplished."

Meanwhile, people are leaving New Orleans, talking to the network news, "it looks like downtown Baghdad", "this is like nuclear war".

The post houricane health expert is praying another storm doesn't come soon. "florida got 5 in a row last year".

Fox TV's helicopter finds one house, in the devastation with a US flag on the roof.

Bush standing on the dias, on the altar of war, with the USS aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan as his backdrop said that Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman "understood that the sacrifices of Allied forces would mean nothing unless we used our victory to help the Japanese people transform their nation from tyranny to freedom."

"There were many doubters," Bush said, a clear reference to his critics, the infidels who doubt his vision.

"American and Japanese experts claimed that the Japanese weren't ready for democracy."

The president of the USA had been scheduled to stay on holidays till Friday, but after his war speech told waiting journalists he'd be going to Washington tomorrow.

His off topic comments also adressed his plans for Medicare.

""Medicare was paying for heart surgery, but not a dime for the drugs that could prevent the heart surgery from being needed in the first place," said Bush, who was making his 15th visit to California as president.

Bush acknowledged the concerns of senior advocates who worry that people will be intimidated by the complexity of the new program and the application process.

Bush said the four-page application is quite simple. Besides, he said,

"it's big print."

He reminded his listeners of the honor thy parent commandment :-
"You need to do your duty as a son or a daughter and get this information to your mom or your dad," Bush said. "That's what you need to do. You need to make sure that you help investigate what's possible and not miss a really good opportunity."

"We have got a lot of work to do," Bush said, referring to the damage wrought by the hurricane along Gulf Coast areas.

Earlier he had found the time to be sensitive to the Act of God, the breath of God who insurers estimate can only be covered by 25billion$ worth of cover.

"This morning, our hearts and prayers are with our fellow citizens along the Gulf Coast,"

"We know that many are anxious to return to their homes. It's not possible at this moment."

Instead, he asked all in the affected areas to do as state and local authorities say.

"The federal, state and local governments are working together side-by-side to help people get back on their feet," he said.

"The good folks in Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama and other affected areas are going to need the help and compassion and prayers of our fellow citizens," Bush said.

The president asked individual Americans to get involved with the relief effort, suggesting anyone who wishes to help could call 1-800-HELPNOW, log on to the Red Cross Web site at http://www.redcross.org or get in touch with the
Salvation Army.

The Army that Saves.