Here is an interesting article from Newsweek detailing just how badly the administration handled Katrina. Interestingly, it highlights how directly responsible Bush was for some of the problems. While I thoroughly blame the administration, it is honestly unexpected to have a single person in his bubble cause so much chaos. I guess I've become accustomed to Bush dodging all responsibility to the point that I don't see him as having all that much power. Very scary. It is more comforting to believe the last 5 years were a group effort.

Does anybody else think it is raging hubris and stupidity for the president and the vice president to both go on long vacations to distant locations at the same time? While constantly reminding us we are in a deadly war? Either they don't take death, destruction, terrorism, national security, and a failed state seriously or they don't take their jobs seriously. It is just so deeply weird.