God Bless America

Just a few hours ago I managed to get myself intoxicated with lots of red wine, so I am now extremely motivated to speak my mind on Katrina.

To begin with, I have not seen much of the tragedy on TV. All the info I have gotten came from websites or newspapers. I trust that my sources did not mislead me.

So I can now see clearly that, even in my intoxicated state, that the White House and its policies have failed to protect the US of A. They are too damn obsessed with terrorism, Iraq, and tax cuts for the rich. George Bush’s creation of the so-called Homeland Security department in which the FEMA got folded into is a big cosmic joke. I have been told that the head of the FEMA, this Michael Brown dude, used to toil with Arabian horses before his current job and did not have much experience in emergency planning and response. Even if he did, the reduced powers of FEMA - as it is now a footnote within the Homeland Security department - would be impotent to the effects of Katrina thanks to extra fatty layers of bureaucratic crap. And how did Brown get the job in the first place? Bush nominated him for the job because Brown was a friend of a friend. Democracy at work.

I have also learnt that the White House had bulked at the price tag the past couple years for rebuilding the Louisiana wetlands coastal area, which would have buffered some of the deadly effects of the waves on New Orleans driven by category 4 and over tornados such as Katrina.

And to see that vice prez Cheney’s old company Halliburton was hired to do some rebuilding efforts in New Orleans? I just don’t know what to say anymore… God bless America? Opps, I meant Intelligent Design bless America.