Sep 09, 2005 08:17
I keep seeing this utter lack of compassion, humanity, and total callousness. Cheney out on a shopping trip for another luxury home for him and his family. That was why he was 'missing' during this misnamed 'relief effort'. Condoleeza Rice buying $1000 pair of shoes, and making store security escort someone out who rightly protested why wasn't she in DC doing something for the "We the People" of Louisianna. Barbara Bush chuckling when she said that the people in the stadium were under priviledged (c'mon you ol' crone, the word is POOR, they never HAD priviledges), so they were doing well.
Bush hemming and hawing, and sounding like the secret trainer in Mysterymen "You will never control your anger, as your anger controls you"... "We will solve this problem, because we are problem solvers."
Many of my Australian friends have pointed out how this disaster has shown what racism and poverty is like in the US, just just how class elitism exists. When I said "Survival of the Richest?" they sadly said "Yes."
The world is watching, and guess what? Bush, Cheney, Chertoff, Brown.. all you guys... you have failed abysmally. So, whatcha going to do about it?
katrina,
efforts,
nola,
failed,
relief