Posts filed under “Katrina”
Still Our National Shame
Bush’s latest Gulf Coast trip was his 13th trip to the region since Katrina struck. In many countries, the established political convention is that some window-dressing type improvements would have been made in badly affected areas, just so that the leader of the country could point to them, and truthfully claim that progress was slowly [...]
A Victory Lap for Broken Promises
“Niggaz starvin and they dyin of thirst I bet he had to go and check on them refineries first Makin a killin off the price of gas He woulda been up in Connecticut twice as fast After all that we been through, nothing’s changed You can call Red Cross but the fact remains that: George [...]
Trailer Park-ing Lots
cav·a·lier (kăv’É™-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 [...]
Start the Post-Katrina Whitewashing
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 [...]
Unimaginable
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. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a [...]
Pressing Priorities
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 [...]
If It Looks Like A Gun, And There’s Smoke Coming Out Of The Barrel…
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 [...]
Less Than What Meets The Eye?
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. […] The U.S. government (said) the money it received from the United [...]
Yu Nuh Ready
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 [...]
Fiscal Conservatism
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 [...]