Don't be pissed at me if I talk about Katrina for the next couple of days.

[novapsyche]

I cannot begin to communicate how this is affecting me.

New Orleans rocked by huge blasts

Amid lawlessness, New Orleans mayor blasts efforts

The Man-Made Disaster

A Can't-Do Government

Comments

[simianpower.livejournal.com]

My friend fdmts posted the following excerpt from mark242's journal:

It has been 48 hours since the levee break. The FY2005 United States military budget was $420.7 billion dollars. Each and every one of those evacuees could be riding in 50-foot yachts with gold-plated bathroom fixtures and kobe beef steaks served to them on Ming Dynasty era flatware, each yacht individually delivered via C-130 airdrop within 2 hours of the first levee break, and it still wouldn't make a dent in our total expenditure.

No, this is not a logistical problem. This is a red-tape-fuckup of astronomical proportions, the likes of which will haunt our country for years to come.

I think this sums it up best in my opinon.

[ryoganox.livejournal.com]

"I don't treat my dog like that," Edwards said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair. "You can do everything for other countries, but you can't do nothing for your own people."

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

Yup. Nobody predicted the levee breaches, just like nobody predicted a 9/11-like terrorist attack.

Oh, wait, that's because people only tell Georgie Porgie what he wants to hear.

*grrrrrr*