It was fascinating to watch an hour of Ted Koppel's expose'
on what went wrong with the Katrina crises
which would have left anyone except for the blind and deaf
looking at the Bush Administration with concern
if not full out fury
then to watch the baby bush spend a half hour trying to spin
his lowest approval ratings ever
with some huge ass promises
how he or shall i say WE are going to pay for those promises
is the next question
many people
who point to the biggest screw ups here
point to
where the hell was the national guard
and what the hell happened to the communication
i thought the biggest lesson of 911 was communication
so clearly nothing learned here
and hello folks
the national guard
you know they're in um IRAQ
so we can't save our own people from drowning cause our money
our military
our energy
and our resources are still fighting in Iraq
id like to think the baby bush will follow thru on some of his promises
but i kept hearing that song in my head the whole time he was talking
too much too little too late
listen folks
the speech the baby bush gave
was all about rebuilding new orleans and the gulf
but what i saw is something i have rarely seen in the baby bush's face
fear
his presidency is now at an all time low
and he knows it
the baby bush has won over perhaps half of this country
with his cowboy mantra
under me you will be protected
but honey
to new orleans
its more like under me
you may well die of neglect at the superdome
while waiting
waiting
waiting for federal aid to come
I am glad bush took responsibility for the federal governments failures
as every captain should do with his ship but i have a whole lot of concern with the investigation he said he is ordering...if he really wants to rebuild trust
i certainly think a good start would be to have the group that investigates
the katrina errors be a group that is not loyal to him
they say this will be the largest rebuilding in history
and i believe it
but i also know that given a chance to do this rebuilding
can not
be a time for a conservative agenda
but a time for a bi-partisan
open minded
voice
this bush does not have
and i do not think he is in-cabable of rebuilding new orleans
without sticking in his own agenda while doing so
and yes i admit few people could be this self-less
but thats that what this job calls for
a no agenda agenda
i will say
that i too
like many americans
have concern about how much racism
played in the katrina tragedy
i do not believe
that were the same thing to have happened in Boston
the federal response would have been as late coming
but of course i can not prove this
i will go back to what i said awhile back
that this is not really the best time to put our full energies on the blame game
but it is also not right to let people die without answering why it happened
and how it could be better next time
as much as i full out just can't stand this president
i do hope his plans work
and that this city is rebuilt
and these people's lives are restored
i also hope that maybe this tragedy
will cause people in this country wake up
open their eyes
and pay attention
its our world
lets not get snowed over
