Followup to National Guard Rant
The Washington Post has a blog entry on the transfer of funds away from disaster preparedness of the average and common kind. There is also an op ed piece from Tuesday that describes the systematic dismantling of FEMA under the Bush Administration. Meanwhile, Dennis Hastert argues against rebuilding New Orleans with federal funds. Yeah, it's not like those low-income people down there need help with putting their lives back together or anything. Note to Hastert: this is the sort of thing you are there for you imbecile.
Unconscionable.
You forget how much you depend on government (whether you want to or not) until a bunch of blind and self-satisfied idiots start ripping it to shreds in front of you.
Unconscionable.
You forget how much you depend on government (whether you want to or not) until a bunch of blind and self-satisfied idiots start ripping it to shreds in front of you.
1 Comments:
At 11:18 PM, Melanie Phung said…
Slate's Jack Shafer raises a really interesting point: there seems to be very little mention of race and class in the coverage of Katrina, but nearly all the people left behind are poor and black. I'm certainly not saying that's the reason why our nation's decisionmakers are AWOL (smirk), but you know the reaction would be different were this Beverly Hills. Not playing Conspiracy Brother. Just saying, that's all.
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