Hurricane Katrina
I don't think that there's anything to say about this. There aren't really any words.
The devastation is enormous. Levees have broken in New Orleans and, because it basically sits in a bowl, all the water is rushing in, raising levels by an inch or two an hour.
I heard the mayor speak today on CNN. Aaron Brown asked him about the numbers of deaths. He said they really had no idea - rescuers were pushing away dead bodies to get to live ones.
They've deployed the National Guard (although why they weren't there *before* the hurricane hit, I don't know.) Martial law has been declared (so I heard). The looters have already started, although what they're stealing and where they plan to store it, I don't know. I don't think a big screen tv is going to help them now.
Bush (you *know* I had to slam him) spent yesterday - while the hurricane was barreling through, ripping apart 4 states, killing probably hundreds of people, leaving millions and millions homeless with no clean water, no electricity, no gas - he spent yesterday FUCKING CAMPAIGNING!!! He was in California pushing his Social Security reforms and comparing the Iraq war to WWII. But isn't it sweet of him to cut his vacation *2 days* short to go back to Washington to "oversee relief efforts".
Oh please. The "man" *should* have been back in Washington Sunday or Monday to "oversee things" - you know, pretend like he actually cares. Instead, since nobody told him what to do (rather like 9-11 when he sat for, oh, 15 to 20 minutes or so, doing NOTHING) he screwed up. Millions of his constituency base have had their lives devastated, but he was still flogging the "Iraq is a necessary war" bullshit.
On the plus side, Senator Trent Lott's house in Mississippi was destroyed, so that's ok.
(Geeze that was mean.... )
The devastation is enormous. Levees have broken in New Orleans and, because it basically sits in a bowl, all the water is rushing in, raising levels by an inch or two an hour.
I heard the mayor speak today on CNN. Aaron Brown asked him about the numbers of deaths. He said they really had no idea - rescuers were pushing away dead bodies to get to live ones.
They've deployed the National Guard (although why they weren't there *before* the hurricane hit, I don't know.) Martial law has been declared (so I heard). The looters have already started, although what they're stealing and where they plan to store it, I don't know. I don't think a big screen tv is going to help them now.
Bush (you *know* I had to slam him) spent yesterday - while the hurricane was barreling through, ripping apart 4 states, killing probably hundreds of people, leaving millions and millions homeless with no clean water, no electricity, no gas - he spent yesterday FUCKING CAMPAIGNING!!! He was in California pushing his Social Security reforms and comparing the Iraq war to WWII. But isn't it sweet of him to cut his vacation *2 days* short to go back to Washington to "oversee relief efforts".
Oh please. The "man" *should* have been back in Washington Sunday or Monday to "oversee things" - you know, pretend like he actually cares. Instead, since nobody told him what to do (rather like 9-11 when he sat for, oh, 15 to 20 minutes or so, doing NOTHING) he screwed up. Millions of his constituency base have had their lives devastated, but he was still flogging the "Iraq is a necessary war" bullshit.
On the plus side, Senator Trent Lott's house in Mississippi was destroyed, so that's ok.
(Geeze that was mean.... )
posted by Blue Blankie at 11:30:00 PM
2 Comments:
mean, and yet, somehow deeply satisfying ... :D ... dubya is an asshole
are you ever going to blog again? or has it lost its charm? :>
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