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It looks like even Bush's speech writers are deserting the ship. Or somebody read the speech to him wrong over His earpiece:

I am speaking to you from the city of New Orleans, nearly empty, still partly underwater, and waiting for life and hope to return.
(via AP)

Because if you read the actual words, "nearly empty," "partly underwater," and "waiting for life and hope to return" all apply to the subject of the sentence—Bush himself!

So, let's fill in a little context, striking out the subordinate clause:

I am speaking to you from the city of New Orleans, [my mind, heart, and soul] nearly empty, [the polls] still partly underwater, and waiting for life and hope to return [in the form of billions of dollars for Halliburton to loot].

Say, this project is going to go on for a long time, right? Who'll take bets on the idea that Bush is going to get a big-pay, no-show job reconstructing the New New Orleans? Say, at Halliburton?

UPDATE Egad, I just plowed through the thing. Did it seem as long as it reads?