Katrina, revisited.

[HR-Trevor]

Okay, so I'm no fan of George W. Bush and that's been a known fact. But I have to say, I am truly, truly amazed at how low the man can go.

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In Biloxi, Mississippi, Bush comforted two weeping women on a street where a house had collapsed and towering trees were stripped of their branches. "My son needs clothes," said Bronwynne Bassier, 23, clutching several trash bags. "I don't have anything."

"I understand that," Bush said. He kissed both women on their heads and walked with his arms around them, telling them they could get help from the Salvation Army. "Hang in there," he said.

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The top leader of our country finally lands on the ground 5 days after the greatest natural disaster in our history, and one of his first actions was to pass the buck. You don't send the woman looking for the Salvation Army Fairy, you get the woman some damn clothes for her and her child. Anyone of decent character would open their wallet or purse right there on the spot if they had to, especially when you should be trying to reassure thousands of people suffering by showing you care about them.
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[the blue fairy]

AMEN!

The saddest part is all the people who are helping or want to help who barely have a dime to their name in the first place but our president cant even manage a buck when it would actually be good for his image.
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[Ralenth]

Why should he care about his image? It's the last term he can serve as president he doesn't have to worry about re-election. He can be an asshole all he wants so long as he don't break any laws to get impeached.

[Tylen]

I believe everything I hear from the media, too!
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[HR-Trevor]

[Tylen]

My favorite piece of factual reporting related to this has to do with quite a few sites reporting, "10,000 feared dead." But considering what that statement is based on, they may as well have been relying on Nostradamus.

[HR-Trevor]

It certainly seems plausible, but hopefully things look worse than they are. Without a doubt a lot of those who do die couldn't have been saved, unfortunately. Likewise, I'm sure a lot could have been if more responders and supplies were available sooner.

I think that the government assumes a couple days where people are in great part "on their own" after something of this magnitude -- this is based on some statements from officials I've read.

I know some will say that's unacceptable, and maybe it is. At least to some degree. But I'll cut them some slack and say okay, two days it is. It took five. All you have to do is listen to the mayor to hear how completely abandoned the city was for those five days. By his own account officers had to loot gunshops for ammo, work without rest, and stop rescue missions to secure areas where havoc was breaking out.

And that's just his account. Obviously there's much worse out the in the stories.

What one could hope for as the best result of this is that we plan and design our responses better in the future. It's my belief that during 40's, 50's we did an excellent job of really looking at our future and planning for problems. I think WWII played a big part in that. But in the decades since, I think technology improved while our use of techology declined and we haven't done what we're capable of doing to strengthen our country.
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[ragonda]

i think what was unacceptable to me as an outsider looking in .. when the president ask for evacuation of the areas in the destruction path he failed to provide any transport for the poorer families . so basically if you was poor , elderly or disabled you had no way of getting out befor katrina arrived . if this was anywhere else where you where left to die because of your monetary or physical circumstances failing to fit ,we would call it ethnic cleansing but thats just my views on the matter.

[SoulTorn]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/katrina/foretold.asp

Interesting(read: creepy) read.

-Chris
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[HR-Trevor]

Wild, Chris. Thanks for the link.
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[Kit]

[jade]

i just got some word today that my university is going to be taking in some students from the regions affected by katrina, including letting them attend classes. i find this great, and id be interested in hearing if this is happening in other schools across the nation.
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[HR-Trevor]

[HR-Trevor]

[Brokyn]