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Worth noting on a night when many newspapers are leading with headlines such as “Bush Takes Blame For Iraq,” that 16 months ago this same president reluctantly accepted blame for the other major disaster of his disastrous presidency. “Bush takes blame for flaws in Katrina response” may have occurred two weeks — not nearly 4 years — after it became obvious that the federal gov’t was to blame for stepping on our freedoms and liberty irresponsibly, carelessly and not as democracy would have it. (And, no, I repeat, democracy does not require one to “seek out and destroy,” those who think differently).
For the record, it is severely underreported that New Orleans remains in shambles, very few people have been able to return and/or rebuild, primarily because money STILL hasn’t been properly doled out from the state and federal allotments and insurance coffers.
So don’t be surprised that when this soulless president once again “takes blame,” he already feels somehow absolved by his “cause.” Certainly don’t expect the lights to stay on in Baghdad any time soon.
UPDATE: For more on the still-disheveled state of affairs in New Orleans, listen to this excellent commentary by David Koen.
‘Orgullosos de Estar Aqui’ [Spanish for “proud to be here”] is a ten-minute feature for Current TV on the Latino workforce in post-Katrina New Orleans and features interviews and footage of the ongoing racial tension in the continual rebuilding of the city.
I highly encourage you to watch this video and pass it along to friends as this is one hook on the Katrina story that the media has completely missed.
Last year it was shocking and upsetting to have to hear ol’ prezzie for a “mandated” fifth year. Last night — I had other things to do and the sound of a man enjoying the limelight (especially when the only eye contact is for a people that largely don’t speak English, much less, ol boys remeduncial truthlessness).
There is nothing to discuss, here — save for confirmation that Bush can be as intergalactically disconnected as he can’t help not to be so long as he makes everyone feel stupid for not feeling that happy-go-lucky never-worked-a-day-in-my-wannabe-from-Texas presidential reality — now about that oil addiction. The other side is about as unrealistic as well, only the negativity is all anyone can see/hear/feel. Knew he’d nail the C. Scott King reference after he royally blew it with R. Parks.
Katrina? OBL? Saddam? Hamas-oopsie? free condoms? McFly?!?!?