Congress, when it returns, should rise above the blame game and instead probe the state of the nation's preparation for handling major natural catastrophes, particularly those that threaten crucial regions of the country.

Yeah, this.

I have not yet been able to finish the LA Times article linked upthread. That is some sobering shit right there.

But I do want to note...there is a reason why the governor and mayor were so adamant that people needed to be moved out of the Superdome. I think I'm beginning to understand that it wasn't just a case of backed up toilets.

bon, I am about sick and tired of your rational thinking and balanced reaction to everything.

Secretly, bon is hysterical, and bob bob is writing everything for her while she cooks, cleans, and works on her modeling portfolio.

Well, women are like that.

Yeah, this.

Perhaps a color coding system? A brown alert will mean the shit has hit the fan. Blue will be water up to our eyeballs, red will be the oceans turning to blood, green will be the locusts and frogs, yellow will be, "the POTUS just pissed himself when he heard the news."

Perhaps a color coding system? A brown alert will mean the shit has hit the fan. Blue will be water up to our eyeballs, red will be the oceans turning to blood, green will be the locusts and frogs, yellow will be, "the POTUS just pissed himself when he heard the news."

Hee!

I don't deny that the President's proposed budget didn't give Louisiana the funding it asked for and now, it seems, it desperately needed. But he's ultimately not the one who makes the budget, Congress is.

As far as the war and individual budget items being blamed, I am thinking of the Editor & Publisher & WashPost articles that cite the Times-Picayune articles that directly blamed the war for La's underfunding (sorry for all the prepositions). It's nice to blame one unpopular policy, but it's a whole lot of factors that went into the underfunding, not any one. I just hear political opportunism on both sides-- from conservatives that think of flood insurance as welfare to liberals who think the war-- or environmental, or fiscal, or Dept of Homeland Security policy-- is responsible.

bon, I am about sick and tired of your rational thinking and balanced reaction to everything.

I know I sound like a Bush apologist, I'm really not, I swear. I get a bug up my butt when the other side doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, and, well, obviously, we don't talk from the other side here. I am a moderate Democrat, but I know too many thoughtful and good conservatives and Republicans not to stick up for them sometimes.

Secretly, bon is hysterical, and bob bob is writing everything for her while she cooks, cleans, and works on her modeling portfolio.

And, well, this.

I hope this makes up for posting that LA Times story, but my friend Leonard is well deserving of a MacArthur Grant: [link]

you don't sound like a Bush apologist. you might want to see a Dr. about the bug up your butt, that might lead to an infection.

Can I say something HORRIBLY partisan? Seriously. Extremely partisan.

I'm so glad that Bush tapped Clinton to help with fundraising efforts.

Because Bush is incapable of appearing to be a serious person with a handle on this shit, to me. And people need comfort, and Clinton is good at that. He's good at conveying a message of hope, and when I hear him speak I get this sort of warm blanket feeling that things will be okay, that someone with a heart as big as all outdoors and a brain filled with reason and understanding has just taken charge.

And that may be kneejerk or whatever, but in my world, the guy just radiates calm self-assuredness and empathy.

Bush is incapable of it unless it is written and rehearsed several times, and even then it's sketchy. I really wanted the guy to come through, and be comforting to the nation. But then, he just seemed smug, defensive, and unserious.

And that is my extremely partisan thingy.