cav·a·lier (kăv’ə-lîr’)
adj.
Showing arrogant or offhand disregard; dismissive: a cavalier attitude toward the suffering of others.
Carefree and nonchalant; jaunty.
Not often you get the literal and the ironic at the same time. But this is life down here for the “lucky” ones living in parking lots and fields in FEMA trailers.
I’m talking to as many people […]
It’s only been a year since Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed New Orleans and much of the surrounding Gulf Coast, an anniversary that no one is particularly looking forward to—except perhaps the media, who are frantically stitching together montages of people stranded on rooftops and hunkered-down like refugees in the Superdome.
The post-Katrina situation really can’t […]
You have no idea how bad it is down here.
The President plans to swagger down here on Monday to brag about how he’s keeping his promise to the people of New Orleans.
I’m going to bring you reality.
Homeland Security does not care about the big picture:
George Barisich, president of the United Commercial Fisherman’s Association, has been selling anti-FEMA T-shirts since last fall, a reflection of his frustration with the federal government’s response to the storm that left him homeless and unemployed.
But on Feb. 1, when he handed a shirt to a […]
On Thursday, September 1, 2005, three days after Katrina made landfall, President George W. Bush went on ABC’s Good Morning America and said to Diane Sawyer “I don’t think anyone anticipated breach of the levees.”
On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, having carefully thought it over for 15 days, President George W. Bush stepped forward and took […]
Ted Bridis of AP put out a (deliberately inflammatory?) story on February 24, saying:
The United Arab Emirates gave the Bush administration $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina weeks before a state-owned company there sought U.S. approval for its ports deal.
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The U.S. government (said) the money it received from the United Arab Emirates was […]
Probe Faults Feds for Katrina Response
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff or a deputy should have become the “central focal point” of the Bush administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, congressional investigators asserted Wednesday, saying the lack of a clear chain of command hindered relief efforts.
The Government Accountability Office also found that the government still lacks sufficient […]
FEMA credit cards got heavy workout in Katrina’s wake - USAT (11/2/05)
Twenty boats, trailers and related supplies for search-and-rescue work in New Orleans. The boats were sold by Big Boat Movers of Lufkin, Texas, which quickly put together the deal over the weekend of Sept. 10. Cost: $177,025.
Offers to help Katrina victims went unused - […]
Congress asks for documents, the administration cites executive privilege. It’s not Groundhog Day yet, is it?
The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan to turn over certain documents about Hurricane Katrina or make senior White House officials available for sworn testimony before two Congressional committees investigating […]
I wish I could take credit for the title of this post, but that honor goes to the unnamed San Francisco Chronicle writer who mentioned the latest FEMA foul-up in yesterday’s paper. Ever since hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, the agency has been providing hotel rooms for displaced residents—over 25,000 of them, […]
