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Life Day 21241: Aftermath Afterthoughts

September 7, 2005 on 11:57 am | In Rants |

It is easy to “monday morning quarterback” after any disaster, be it man-made or natural. Hurricane Katrina is no exception. If one watched or listened only to CNN, NBC, ABC, or CBS, they would come away thinking that the responsibiliy for the entire debacle (including the Hurricane itself) rests solely with George Bush and the Bush Administration. If one watched or listened only to Fox News, they would come away thinking that George Bush and the Bush Administration were entirely blameless and that the responsibility rests solely with Louisana Governor Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Nagin. What a bunch of B___S___!!! In actuality, there was a Total Abject Failure from the every level of Government. From the first responders (who basically abandon the people stranded in New Orleans once the levees failed) to FEMA (who was woefully unprepared for the enormity of the situation), all agencies responded with the equivelent of: “Showing up to a Nuclear War with a Sling Shot” (that’s nuclear George, not nuculer).
What really DISGUSTS me is the “finger pointing” and “shifting of blame” that is rampant among those in “power”. True Leaders Lead, they do not try to obviate the situation in an attempt to put themselves in a better light. There will be an appropriate time to play POLITICS and find out who screwed up and how, but, in my humble opinion, that time should be, oh I don’t know, some time AFTER you have rescued your citizens who are stranded on their rooftops without food or water with many needing medicine and/or medical attention.
It took less than 24 hours after the levees collapsed for all the usual suspects to play the “race card”. More B____S____!!! If they really wanted to “help”, they would be down there handing out food and water or rendering some other kind of aid rather than “sprinting” to the nearest TV camera to “poke the Bush Administration in the eye”. Like I said above, there will be a time and place to establish blame.
What conclusions can we, as Americans, draw from this tragedy:
1). “Homeland Security” is a joke. Congress needs to re-write the Homeland Security Act, and, while they’re at it, give us back the 3rd, 4th and 5th Ammendment Rights that they usurped in the original version.
2). What America needs is some “Adult Supervision”. These Childish Morons that currently “represent” us need to GO!!!
3). The “Bart Simpson” (I didn’t do it, no one saw me do it, you can’t prove it) approach to Politics by the Looney Left, is equally as frightening to me as the “Ecumenical” (I was elected to this office because GOD ordained it) approach by the Rabid Religious Right.
4). In the next election, no incumbant (City, County, State or Federal) should be re-elected. They have all been corrupted by the entrenched Special Interests and Lobby Groups whose sole purpose is to get American Taxpayers to cede to their Lunatic Fringe agendas or fund their Pet Projects (usually to the detriment of the Taxpayer). It’s time to Clean House and start over. This system is Broken.
5). Democracy is only as good as its citizens. WAKE UP AMERICA!!! You are the ones who elected these IMBECILES.
6). Democracy isn’t the perfect form of Government, but it is far ahead of whatever is in 2nd place. We need to FIX what we have. End the Bribery and Graft (disguised as “campaign contributions” and “political action committees”) of the current system.
7). Political Correctness is “Political”, but seldom “Correct”. Stop the absurdity of “Political Correctness” immediately. Who the H___ decides what’s Politically Correct anyway???
In conclusion, let me say that unless America wakes up, it is DOOMED. The answer lies somewhere between the extremism of the Looney Left and the extremism of the Rabid Right. Unless we find the answers soon, I fear for the future of my beloved Country!!!!!