John Moltz Disclaimer: I’m told I’m somewhat disappointing in person.

No worse time.

Billmon discusses the long-term implications of Katrina’s devastation.

Either way, though, you have to wonder if even the destruction of New Orleans will be enough to spur a dramatic change in policy, given the ideological fanaticism and sheer mindless greed of the troglodytes currently in power.

He gives them far too much credit, or far too little, depending on your point of view. These are not people who change policy based on facts.

Ever.

Really. They have never, to my knowledge, done this. They have changed policy for political gain or to buy time until the policy can be subverted to their pre-conceived agenda.

This disaster could not have come at a worse time in our nation’s history. The people in charge of this country will not seek to fix, they will not seek to aid, they will not seek to rebuild, they will not seek to heal.

They will seek to profit in whatever way they can.

They’ve already apparently started issuing wavers to the Clean Air Act. This is classic Bush Administration. Their answer to one of the symptoms of global warming? Increase pollution.

Meanwhile their pals in the religious right blame the whole thing on gays.

Their response to 9/11 was to get us into a war in Iraq that increased terrorism and hatred of America abroad.

Why do I think Bush’s first calls were not to experts on emergency management and disaster relief, but to his friends in the energy industry?

I know that’s who Cheney called.

Our nation is an empire in decline. And nature just hit the accelerator.

I think the religious freaks hate god because they really screw with the “Intellegent Design” fantasy. Here is my thought process: If you believe that God in his almighty wisdom created man in his image, and then he created women to be the companion of this stud.. Well, if he starts to date guys, or she starts to date girls, his design failed. You cannot have a god that is a poor designer. So they gays are at fault. Their is something wrong with them, not the designer.

Am I the only one who wonders if this wouldn’t have been nearly as bad if the National Guard were here to do their duty? With enough people and resources don’t you think the Levy could have been fixed earlier, looting could be stopped, and more people could be rescued?

You are not the only one. Even still, it would have been better if the *available* troops had been deployed in a timely manner. If the streets were safer, those attempting to provide relief wouldn’t have to pull out because they’re afraid of roving gangs.

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