Katrina

Where is the leader we need in light of the catastrophe along the Gulf Coast? W. was playing golf. Condi was attending a Broadway comedy. Thousands were stranded in a city that was under a mandatory evacuation order. Only problem with the order was there was no contingency plan for those unable to leave the city. The levees that should have been shored up years ago, except the feds took the money they promised back under the guise of homeland security & the need to fight the war in Iraq. Much like W. promised New York $85 billion to rebuild after the Trade Center collapsed and then reniged on that money. It was more important that his friends got their tax cuts and corporate welfare, while those in this country who do the work and suffer the most from catastrophe are left to fend for themselves.

Somehow W. thinks flying over the disaster area somehow gives him an idea of what it is like on the ground. I watch the images on television and am heartbroken. I hear newspeople overwhelmed by the devastation they are in the middle of and I am speechless; I don't have the words for the anguish I feel for those who somehow, have to regroup, relocate at least for months. And then I hear "compassionate conservatives" like Denny Hastert say, why should we rebuild New Orleans? It's not really that important. Is he kidding me?