Saturday, September 10, 2005

Disaster-Plus, Keeping The Red Cross Out The debacle that followed hurricane Katrina at the New Orleans Superdome and the Convention Center and sections of the interstate highway system was, unfortunately, the world's view of the United States and how it handles and treats its own people. It was about the worst possible image imaginable. How much of what we saw was a natural disaster? The seemingly 'untold story' over those first 4 days on the interstate remains to be the fact that the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security, under Gov. Blanco's purview not Pres. Bush, actively prevented the Red Cross from going there to help. The Red Cross had pre-positioned trucks full of supplies for all the people there. Then the democrat attack dogs come out to politicize the natural disaster to play the blame game against Bush and everyone in the administration for the colossal failure. The usual chorus was on TV, for the world to see; Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, NAACP, just to name a few. Special mention goes to the Louisiana delegation, Gov. Kathleen Blanco, Sen. Mary Landreau, and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who, as the beneficiaries of help from the country become the most ungrateful, and quickest to point fingers of blame on the Bush administration rather than themselves, instead of being thankful. Not more than a few nanoseconds had gone by from the time the TV showed the human tragedy and misery at the Superdome, to when the attack dogs hit the airwaves. Just a coincidence or their normal knee-jerk reaction? Due to the events on the ground and in the media, and how they unfolded for the first few days after the storm, it makes me wonder if the debacle we witnessed was deliberately manufactured with the intention to create an issue to hang on Bush? If they saw an opportunity to effect something that they thought they could hang on Bush, like the State DHS keeping the Red Cross out of sight for a few days, do you think they would do it?  Can't have another megaphone moment you know.  Bush would get the credit and they won't have that.  No matter human beings are involved.  It sounds crazy to me too but I don't believe they are above that when driven by what they are driven by, hatred for Bush. Had this been any other state besides Louisiana, with its unique democrat leadership, I don't think this could be possible. What makes it believable is by what we know to have happened. In spite of the fact that they (Blanco, Blanco via the State DHS, and Mayor Nagin) all refused the help for their own people, they are the very ones pointing the finger at Bush for that and everything else instead of themselves.  How many times have you been surprised at how low they will go to reach their political objective: get power back?  And you are surprised every time it happens.  I've grown numb to being surprised by how low they will go any longer.  It is only limited by their imagination.  That's why, while absurd, I don't think they're above this sort of thing.  Let the investigation begin. 4:58:26 PM    comment [] trackback []

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