A great idea from Gene Weingarten's online chat

[madamwu]

Anonymous: Since the TV networks are putting on a big telethon to raise money for Katrina relief, why not simply switch the $5-6 billion a month we're spending on the war in Iraq to Katrina relief, and then hold a telethon to raise money for the war? This would be a great opportunity for Bush to demonstrate the support for the war that he claims. In fact, if we always paid for wars via telethons (and I think this was proposed during the Vietnam War), we could save tax money and also ensure that our wars have popular support. I can just see Rumsfeld belting our "My Way" during the telethon. Jerry Lewis, eat your heart out.

washingtonpost.com: Capital idea.

Gene Weingarten: Ooooooh.