The only thing that would make this better is if it stopped raining here:…

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But back to the subject at hand. I did notice that the right wing spin machine is frantically trying to deflect blame for this disaster back on the local leaders like Mayor Nagin and the Governor. As many have said, there is plenty of blame to go around. However, it needs to be looked at critically. Could Mayor Nagin and the Governor done things better in New Orleans and the state in general? I think they could have and I’m sure they’ll deliver their mea culpas at the appropriate time. But if one is going to level a charge against anyone they have to look at the level of culpability.

Mayor Nagin, the Governor and all the local officials were dealing with POTENTIALS, they were trying to predict the future and deal with POSSIBILITIES. Pretty tough to do. Bush didn’t have to do that. He was dealing with REALITIES IN REAL TIME. Pictures coming live from New Orleans showing people fighting for their lives while he sat there with his fingers in his ass. All across the country people were screaming at their TV sets for him to act while this dolt dragged his feet for days.

Pelosi’s comments of her chat with Bush only underline his utter cluenessless and reinforce the notion that he is detached, uncaring and oblivious. His appointment of Michael Brown who has zero experience in disaster relief and whose sole claim to fame seems to be that he’s raised lots of money for Bush in campaigns past. Being the director of FEMA is his political reward and because of his incompetance thousands more died than would have normally. But the buck for appointing a political stooge lies with Bush. This sort of thing happens across the board with Bush as the appointment of Ken Tomlinson as the head of PBS shows. Just like Brown, Tomlinson has no experience with broadcasting, hates PBS and wants to gut it but he gets the appointment anyway because he’s loyal to Bush and will be his toadie. Another GOP stooge undermining the very organization he heads up. Nice.

Emotions are very high for me in this, even though I am a long way away.. My emotions were very high on that day you survived too… and though comparing the two is apples and oranges, this is such a compilation of disaster upon disaster, compounded..

Cranky is agreat name. I am cranky right now!