Master stroke by our President in taking "responsibility" for Katrina's aftermath. His leadership was quickly followed by LA Governor taking responsibilty and... you guessed it... New Orleans Mayor taking responsibility. Blame game over. All win.
Bush has now established the high road beach head. He gets to run the Congressional inquiry into the failures of Katrina's aftermath. Bad bad bad. He will choose people from the City, State, Red Cross and other agencies who tow the party line. The Final Report will be a best seller - but it will have no definitive results. There will be no change to disaster relief. It will find that all agencies acted appropriately and the breakdown was due to Thugs who kept the first responders out.
Preparedness for a San Fran earthquake will be studied and found appropriate.
Bio-terror in NYC? No problem.
The Chicago River springing a leak (again)? We'll have a fish fry.
Now... if we're talking about another hurricane, perhaps Biloxi, or the Florida panhandle... that's a different story. In fact, it's not a story at all. Those scenarios won't even be in the Final Report.
Now I'm watching President Bush giving his address from NOLA. He's already set the stage for the Thugs. And something I should have anticipated - the list of heroes. The spirit of the American people. Oh yeah - we'll be bathed in the faith of the People. Crap.
In other news: Apparently a relationship founded on disaster relief lasts only until the next disaster.
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