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Vice President Dick Cheney being told on live TV to go fuck himself.

First Lady Laura Bush referring to Hurricane "Corrina"...twice.

Former First Lady Barbara Bush saying "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."
posted by Red at 9:48 AM

 
YOU'RE EITHER WITH US, OR YOU'RE WITH THE HURRICANES: Yeah I'm sure I'm the first person to think of that line. Anyway, at a time of genuine crisis like this, I feel I should completely defer to practiced bloggers like Kos or the timely coverage provided by NPR, because...what can I add, what can I say? All I can think of is the obvious: genuine astonishment at the lack of preparedness for this disaster at all levels of government, but especially the Federal. You'd expect that after 9/11, there'd be a fat binder or file folder labelled WHAT TO DO WHEN THE NEXT BIG ONE HITS within arm's reach of the President at all times, and, well, there may've been such a binder but there was nothing in it. Not even a decent template for a Presidential speech to calm people down and give them at least hope that knowledgable people are in control of the situation. If there are any Bush supporters out there reading my totally obscure blog, I seriously hope to hear from you, because I really want to know how you can continue to admire his work record and/or think he's been doing anything other than bullshitting on national defense for the last four years. Myself, I've concluded once and for all that this Administration really has never taken the threat of terrorism, domestic or otherwise, with appropriate seriousness. The lines are open: redrightblog@hotmail.com.

Meanwhile, a writer in today's Times considers the very topic: the absence of Stateside terrorism in the past four years....good defensive planning or just continuing happenstance?

One of the professors at the public health school where I work returned last Thursday from triage work in Baton Rouge, but this is not the place for me to reprint her personal stories. Suffice to say that she was quite drained, to the point where she said she felt guilty feeding herself while in the process of dealing with traumatized evacuees.
posted by Red at 9:04 AM

 
WHERE'S MY COPY OF THE WILD PALMS? First, you're not allowed on here unless and until you've made some sort of contribution to Katrina relief. Charity Navigator is a good place to start.

Having said that, I seriously doubt I have more to say. A random browse of the web's major news sites this morning will tell you more than I can about the situation in New Orleans and the other horribly affected areas of the Gulf, as well as convey a sense of the public outrage that continues to build over the shameful reaction to the crisis exhibited at all levels of government. Some have said (or were saying, a few days ago), that it's too early to indulge in blaming, but I disagree. The majority of us, no matter how caring or giving, are forced to watch this calamity from a remove, which gives us plenty of uneasy time to ask questions, which leads inevitably to blame (though let's struggle not to be self-righteous). There are no excuses for what we're seeing: the colossal incompetence, the spectacular disconnect in the Federal government from grounded reality, and the absolute class distinctions laid bare, to wit: if you're poor in this country, and especially if you're poor and black, then you're fucked. I am 44 years old, and I have never been so ashamed of my country's officials.

Not to mention the obvious: nearly four years to the day after 9/11, and this is how government agencies react to a full-scale disaster that virtually announced itself days in advance?? These are the comments of our Chief Executive after flying over New Orleans in a helicopter? A wisecrack about how he used to party in the city? I'm going to heave.
posted by Red at 10:54 AM