The director of FEMA is apparently taking PR lessons from the Bush camp (who had the above photo op on Tuesday-a day after the hurricane struck) as he blamed the people of New Orleans for not leaving before the hurricane. FEMA, which has moved on this storm about as quickly as Levon Kirkland, apparently isn’t taking responsibility for it’s own incompetence, but instead blaming people who HAD NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE FREAKING CITY. There was no system in place to move people who didn’t own cars.

Bush didn’t decide to end his vacation until Wednesday, two days after the hurricane struck. He then called in Clinton to mobilize the country. Can Bush just step aside and let Clinton and Giuliani take it from here? I mean, did you hear his speech the other day? “Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters in American history.” Gee whiz, George, you don’t say. My brain wasn’t able to process the pictures it was receiving from CNN. Way to show some leadership. Now go back to playing guitar and let some leaders take over.

But the real heroes in all this have been our Senators, who waited until Thursday night (3 days after this disaster happened) to return from vacation. None of them dare go to New Orleans yet to help, because it’s too dangerous. It’ll be interesting to see how many photo ops are forthcoming once things get under control. Another thing: do you think the President and Congress would have waited so long to return if the people in trouble were well-to-do white people instead of poor black people? Do you think that there would still be thousands of people waiting without food and water outside the convention center if they were white? Heck, Congress called an emergency session when a single white woman was taken off her feeding tube!

FEMA, the President, the Congress; the incompetence, arrogance, and racism of our Federal Government has never been more apparent than it has been this week.

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This from CNN.com: Along Canal Street, the city’s main thoroughfare, police allowed people to take shoes out of stores as long as the shoes fit. What??? They can only steal the shoes if they fit? Who’s enforcing htis rule?Officer: “Freeze looter! I’m not so sure those shoes fit. Ha! Just as I suspected! Too narrow around the ankles. You go right back inside there and you don’t come out until you find a wider pair of shoes!” BTW, we raised $65 last night in the quizzo for the cause campaign. I will soliciting donations for the Red Cross again tonight.

In a stunning maneuver, Louis Farrakhan decided to take the title of “Stupidest and most ignorant minister going” from Pat Robertson, something that only last week seemed humanly impossible. Farrakhan said that the hurricane in New Orleans was God’s way at getting back at us for attacking Iraq. Uh, Louis, don’t you thing that if God wanted to get back at us for attacking Iraq, he would have pegged Washington, not New Orleans? Yeah, I’m sure God was up there thinking, “Oh, so you’re gonna attack Iraq, huh? Well watch as I destroy Deuce McCallister’s hometown! That’ll teach ya!” Some people say that this hurricane is a sign of the apocalypse. I say that Louis Farrakhan sounding like Jerry Falwell is a sign of the apocalypse.

Also, am I the only one who notices all of these Southern politicians seem to be tripping over themselves to be on CNN, but that nobody seems to be taking a leadership role? You can’t go five minutes without hearing from another governor or Senator from down there. Don’t they have better things to do right now than chat with CNN for an hour at a time?

Finally, in regard to the looters. The food and water, I completely understand. The clothes, though wrong, at least makes sense. But I’ve seen some idiots come out of stores with televisions! What in the hell are you gonna do with a television? You are not going to have electricity for months. Where are you going to store your new 32″ TV until then, the roof? I mean, if you’re stealing a TV, I really hope you’re also stealing a generator.