Not following the politics on this onetjicAugust 29 2008, 19:55:46 UTC
So New Orleans, with a history of corruption and government incompetence, drastically mismanaged its preparations for AND reactions to Katrina, and everyone screamed that the federal government needed to have 30 minute road-side assistance or the next pizza is free, and then the Feds did show, and crap slowly got taken care of.
...and the most trenchant political point is "The National Guard is composed of looters" ?!?!?!
Re: Not following the politics on this oneinfrogmationAugust 29 2008, 21:52:53 UTC
Banksy's New Orleans works seem very well informed on local conditions; I suspect he'd been spending time with some local artists/bloggers.
Yes, it is certainly true that we have a shockingly corrupt and incompetent regime-- by "we", of course, I mean those of us in the United States of America.
I see you're far from up to speed on what happened with the great engineering disaster and associated events of 2005-- quite understandable, as the the thrown-together guesses and misinformation were world headlines, and the corrections and details came out buried in inner pages bit by bit months and years later. A few links to help out:
Re: Not following the politics on this onewisedonkeyAugust 29 2008, 22:17:06 UTC
Speaking of "overcoming the katrina myth", there's more Katrina than New Orleans. The Mississippi Gulf Coast took heavy damage that makes new orleans look tame. In fact, we had hurricane force winds in the state's capital over 150 miles from the coast.
Re: Not following the politics on this oneinfrogmationAugust 29 2008, 22:33:27 UTC
Hell yeah! (Well, except for that "looks tame" part; anywhere folks lost everything they owned or had friends and family killed ain't "tame".) Katrina left a path of destruction over significant parts of 4 states.
The big casinos along the Mississippi coast have been rebuilt while around them are neighborhoods of ruins for miles. I have friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast who are pissed off at the politicians who keep trying to make an example of how great that area has supposedly been doing.
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...and the most trenchant political point is "The National Guard is composed of looters" ?!?!?!
Now, if we were talking firefighters looting high end jeans in the wreckage of the WTC after 9/11, Banksy'd have a point...
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Yes, it is certainly true that we have a shockingly corrupt and incompetent regime-- by "we", of course, I mean those of us in the United States of America.
I see you're far from up to speed on what happened with the great engineering disaster and associated events of 2005-- quite understandable, as the the thrown-together guesses and misinformation were world headlines, and the corrections and details came out buried in inner pages bit by bit months and years later. A few links to help out:
Guardian: "Overcoming the Katrina myth"
Salon: "How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned"
Harry Shearer's blog on Huffington Post often has some good summaries ( ... )
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The big casinos along the Mississippi coast have been rebuilt while around them are neighborhoods of ruins for miles. I have friends on the Mississippi Gulf Coast who are pissed off at the politicians who keep trying to make an example of how great that area has supposedly been doing.
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Exactly! And now they're putting them back into the home of the owner.
Thank you, Mr. National Guardsperson!
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