Hurricane Katrina--The Aftermath

Kudos to CNN, for filing suit against FEMA over their statements barring the press from covering the search for victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The Bush administration gave in on Saturday and dropped the media ban.

An article titled How Bush Blew It in the September 19, 2005 issue of Newsweek magazine will be read in homes, businesses and doctors' offices all over the country. Key phrase:

"President Bush knew the storm and its consequences had been bad; but he didn't quite realize how bad. The reality, say several aides who did not wish to be quoted because it might displease the president, did not really sink in until Thursday night."

And, 25 mind-numbingly Stupid Quotes about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

Yesterday Bush told reporters that his decision to declare a State of Emergency before the storm hit was "extraordinary". Unfortunately, he got a few of his facts wrong. He claimed to have told us all that a big storm was going to hit on Monday. Monday? The day it hit? That was useful to all of us who already knew for days that it was going to hit? He did declare several counties in Louisiana to be national disaster areas before Katrina made landfall. Unfortunately, however, they are all NORTHERN counties. None of the actual coastal counties were included in his pre-hurricane disaster declaration.

So, Mr. President, you state that this storm was so ginormous that you took these extraordinary steps before it struck land. Can you please elaborate on all the extraordinary steps you took afterward?

Not only is George Dubya Bush detached from reality, and almost functionally illiterate and frighteningly stupid, but he seems to be insane. Maybe it's brain damage from alcohol abuse. Maybe it's a genetic predisposition to idiocy. Whatever it it, we can't take three more years of it. Even conservative Paul Craig Roberts agrees. Impeach Bush!

Today Bush declares that he takes responsibility for the federal government's failures in responding to Hurricane Katrina. Too little, too late, Dubya. Do we feel safer from the threats of terrorism now? Does the whole world feel safer with your finger on the button? That would be a NO.