From start to miserable finish, it was a disaster of major proportions, a category 5 hurricane, the likes of which had rarely been seen in this country. We were watching this thing on television, seeing it roil its' way toward the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, all the while the president did nothing, nor did FEMA, the office which should have had it's finger on this problem from the very beginning. Instead, all we got was "Brownie", Michael Brown, a man who had no experience whatsoever in the running of an agency of the magnitude of FEMA. In fact, this man was working for a horse organization before coming to FEMA. and for the most part did not have too much experience doing anything else, see his wiki. Now we have Michael "Skull & Crossbones" Chertoff, he of the high, girlish voice, who has done nothing during his tenure with FEMA. And get this, he's being considered for office of attorney general, in place of Alberto "Schultzie" Gonzales! Insult to injury, salt on the wound.
When I think about Katrina it feels somewhat akin to thinking about slavery, almost like what I call an ache gene, one with pictures I don't want to look at because they hurt so bad, historical pictures burned and seared in the soul, images your mind bounces off of because you just can't bear to look at them. Today, August 29, 2007, marks the two year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, a force of nature which devastated New Orleans and Mississippi, tearing apart the lives of the folks who lived there. Many of them poor black folks. George Bush went to New Orleans for the anniversary. From here on out, as of today, I simply refuse to call that man president, because he is not and never was. Since the vote was not properly counted, was not allowed to be properly counted, then the man is not president. Why did he visit New Orleans if he didn't have any money? If he wasn't going to help the people with some form of true recovery? Possibly he came to welcome the "immigrants" who over flow the city, looking for the jobs which should go to the people of the community who remain. Those jobs and any training belongs to those who rightfully lived in New Orleans, and who should have been brought back to take over the task of rebuilding the community, but no, "immigrants" were allowed in instead, and it is they who are now repopulating some of the communities.
George Bush visited, and once again, nothing will be done for the survivors of katrina. Like the war in Iraq, Bush is leaving this mess for the next administration to clean up, only if they are republicans New Orleans will never come back with their help. They will have to make it on their own, as this is what the republicans believe in, states making it on their own, without the help of the feds. Without the help of a republican led government. It doesn't matter if he does say he came to bring help, once he comes back to Washington that promise will all but be forgotten as he turns his attention to getting $50 billion more for that war of his.
The day is over now, so Bush has either slunk, or will slink, back to that hell hole he has made of the White House, having freaked everything else up. These are the last days of "Chuckie" Rove, architect of the greatest messed up eight years of a creep in the people's house, having rode in on a moral majority, and riding out on a moral morass. Happy anniversary, New Orleans, please try to wait it out until we vote those pigs out, then we'll begin the process of making it right.
When I think about Katrina it feels somewhat akin to thinking about slavery, almost like what I call an ache gene, one with pictures I don't want to look at because they hurt so bad, historical pictures burned and seared in the soul, images your mind bounces off of because you just can't bear to look at them. Today, August 29, 2007, marks the two year anniversary of hurricane Katrina, a force of nature which devastated New Orleans and Mississippi, tearing apart the lives of the folks who lived there. Many of them poor black folks. George Bush went to New Orleans for the anniversary. From here on out, as of today, I simply refuse to call that man president, because he is not and never was. Since the vote was not properly counted, was not allowed to be properly counted, then the man is not president. Why did he visit New Orleans if he didn't have any money? If he wasn't going to help the people with some form of true recovery? Possibly he came to welcome the "immigrants" who over flow the city, looking for the jobs which should go to the people of the community who remain. Those jobs and any training belongs to those who rightfully lived in New Orleans, and who should have been brought back to take over the task of rebuilding the community, but no, "immigrants" were allowed in instead, and it is they who are now repopulating some of the communities.
George Bush visited, and once again, nothing will be done for the survivors of katrina. Like the war in Iraq, Bush is leaving this mess for the next administration to clean up, only if they are republicans New Orleans will never come back with their help. They will have to make it on their own, as this is what the republicans believe in, states making it on their own, without the help of the feds. Without the help of a republican led government. It doesn't matter if he does say he came to bring help, once he comes back to Washington that promise will all but be forgotten as he turns his attention to getting $50 billion more for that war of his.
The day is over now, so Bush has either slunk, or will slink, back to that hell hole he has made of the White House, having freaked everything else up. These are the last days of "Chuckie" Rove, architect of the greatest messed up eight years of a creep in the people's house, having rode in on a moral majority, and riding out on a moral morass. Happy anniversary, New Orleans, please try to wait it out until we vote those pigs out, then we'll begin the process of making it right.
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