How this could be—how the president of the United States could have even less "situational awareness," as they say in the military, than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century—is one of the more perplexing and troubling chapters in a story that, despite moments of heroism and acts of great generosity, ranks as a national disgrace.
And this is one of the comments in that thread above:
FEDERAL RESPONSE TO HURRICAINE KATRINA SO FAST THAT SUPPLIES ARRIVED BEFORE THE HURRICAINIE DID AND SO THEY WERE DESTROYED SO THEN BUSH HAD TO GO GET MORE BUT THE STORES WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE HURIRICIAIINE SO HE FLEW BACK TO WASHINGTON AND STOPPED AT A CONOCO FOR BEEF JERKY AND WATER AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LEVEES BROKE HE PARACHUTED OUT OF AIR FORCE ONE AND PUNCHED KATRINA RIGHT IN ITS FUCKING HIURRIICAINE FACE AND DROPPED ALL THE BEEF JERKY TO THE POOR PEOPLE AND HUGGED A BLACK GIRL AND WENT TO CRAWFORD AND TOOK A NAP
Sometimes I love MetaFilter, this is one of those times. Read the article How Bush Blew It, its at MSNBC and details just how disconnected from reality this man really is. Here's an idea, dude, get rid of some of your bobbleheaded "yes men" and get someone in your advisory staff who will offer up another perspective that you may not like but you should damned well be aware of. As it is, you've fired or bullied everyone into auto-agreement with you and living within an echo chamber is bound to cause you to screw up mightily. I'd say sitting by while a city was destroyed is a pretty mighty screw-up.
Tags: sarcasm, metafilter, Bush, hyperbole, katrina, hurricane, disaster, echo chamber
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