Welcome To The George W. Bush Sewage Plant!

Only in San Francisco would a Presidential Memorial Commission truly honor the 43rd President of the United States by renaming one of the city’s Wastewater Treatment Facilities as the “George W. Bush Sewage Plant.” Talk about having a shitty President.

The hilarious resolution from Presidential Memorial Commission’s website reads:

An Enduring Legacy

As we near the end of George W Bush’s presidency, we think it is important to select a fitting monument to this president’s work. On matters ranging from foreign relations to fiscal and environmental stewardship, no other president in American history has accomplished so much in such a short time. To honor George W Bush for his eight years of honorable public service, the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco is sponsoring a ballot initiative this November in San Francisco. It reads…

“Should the City and County of San Francisco rename the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Facility the George W. Bush Sewage Plant?”

We believe this is an appropriate honor for a truly unique president. If you think so too, join this grassroots movement to rename this important and iconic landmark in his honor.

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San Francisco has been diametrically opposed to the Texan POTUS since he claimed authority in 2000. This smelly idea from the Presidential Memorial Commission is only one bump in a very long road of mockery that the city of San Francisco has taken to try and offend W’s Administration. As a native of the Haight-Ashbury, a main ventricle in the bleeding San Francisco heart, I am constantly amused when I receive my absentee ballot each year and discover the ideas that the city council has decided to propose for a vote. One of my favorites was this gem from 2006:

Proposition J urges federal officials to begin impeachment proceedings against the president and Vice President Dick Cheney for what it describes as the Bush administration’s abuse of power in the Iraq war and the mismanagement of federal response to Hurricane Katrina. A similar resolution was passed by the Board of Supervisors in February 2006.

Ahh San Francisco, you and your cappuccinos will never cease to amaze me.

Thanks to a good friend of mine for bringing this great story to my attention. A string of news organizations also have picked up the George W. Bush Sewage Plant story with wild-eyed wonder: SFist (which originally reported the story), Huffington Post, Wonkette, UK Guardian, and ABC News among others have taken note of the news.

I wonder what the next idea the city by the bay will come up with - perhaps they’ll create a ban on Republicans, similar to the ban of plastic bags.

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