katrina
I have a lot going through my head regarding Hurricane Katrina and have read many opinion pieces and blogs throughout this ordeal.
I am absolutely confounded by the entire thing and while I fully admit that it is the hurricane, an act of nature, which caused the catastrophe, so, so, so much of this chaos is manmade.
Too many government officials knew of the threat of a levee breaking in New Orleans.
No one had any plans to get people out who could not drive off in their own cars during the evacuation since (a) they didn’t have a car (b) they live paycheck to paycheck and didn’t have the resources (c) they didn’t have the ability (let’s not think about the 30 bodies discovered in a nursing home yesterday).
And, it took WAY TOO FUCKING LONG FOR HELP AFTER THE FACT.
All I can say is the blogs and editorials that asked how we can traipse into Tikrit in one day or launch soldiers into the ungodliest of places in an hour’s notice and take over 5 days to get into New Orleans???
I am so disgusted when I see Bush and Cheney visiting victims with their sleeves rolled up and furrowed brow looks on their faces.
Where the hell were they a week ago?
They should have been down there from Day 1 after the Hurricane, handing out food and diapers with volunteers and soldiers, taking charge, initiating help, etc.
Can’t we all hear the collective gasp as the entire world is seeing our incompetence?
And the rioting and looting??? How inexcusable and despicable, I admit.
I received an email a day or so ago stating that the rioting and looting is the fault of the liberals for creating a welfare state, allowing those at the bottom of the American food chain to be loose in our streets. Something like that.
If you don’t give people the ability to leave before a disaster like this, if you refuse to take control of the situation, refuse to administer aid, refuse to take care of your citizens, etc. things might get out of hand. Those rogue hurricane victims (who should not represent all of the hurricane victims) acted uncivilized, but was the situation created by other powers? Could the situation have been avoided entirely?
This country has failed to provide for its citizenry. It has failed miserably.
There are so many things that will come from this.
We cannot blame the Bush administration for an act of nature. But it is so apparent what is really going on in this country and the priorities of this administration.
The American people are not in the top 5 of that list of priorities.
I am absolutely confounded by the entire thing and while I fully admit that it is the hurricane, an act of nature, which caused the catastrophe, so, so, so much of this chaos is manmade.
Too many government officials knew of the threat of a levee breaking in New Orleans.
No one had any plans to get people out who could not drive off in their own cars during the evacuation since (a) they didn’t have a car (b) they live paycheck to paycheck and didn’t have the resources (c) they didn’t have the ability (let’s not think about the 30 bodies discovered in a nursing home yesterday).
And, it took WAY TOO FUCKING LONG FOR HELP AFTER THE FACT.
All I can say is the blogs and editorials that asked how we can traipse into Tikrit in one day or launch soldiers into the ungodliest of places in an hour’s notice and take over 5 days to get into New Orleans???
I am so disgusted when I see Bush and Cheney visiting victims with their sleeves rolled up and furrowed brow looks on their faces.
Where the hell were they a week ago?
They should have been down there from Day 1 after the Hurricane, handing out food and diapers with volunteers and soldiers, taking charge, initiating help, etc.
Can’t we all hear the collective gasp as the entire world is seeing our incompetence?
And the rioting and looting??? How inexcusable and despicable, I admit.
I received an email a day or so ago stating that the rioting and looting is the fault of the liberals for creating a welfare state, allowing those at the bottom of the American food chain to be loose in our streets. Something like that.
If you don’t give people the ability to leave before a disaster like this, if you refuse to take control of the situation, refuse to administer aid, refuse to take care of your citizens, etc. things might get out of hand. Those rogue hurricane victims (who should not represent all of the hurricane victims) acted uncivilized, but was the situation created by other powers? Could the situation have been avoided entirely?
This country has failed to provide for its citizenry. It has failed miserably.
There are so many things that will come from this.
We cannot blame the Bush administration for an act of nature. But it is so apparent what is really going on in this country and the priorities of this administration.
The American people are not in the top 5 of that list of priorities.
posted by Holly | 5:16 PM
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