<a href="Officials say they do not have the manpower, the resources or enough time to save everyone.
"My guys are coming “>CNN.com – Time running out for survivors – Sep 4, 2005: “Officials say they do not have the manpower, the resources or enough time to save everyone.”
Not to worry, the president has toured the area and everything’s going to be fine. Troops are mobilizing.
I was looking for something in a closet the other day, and came upon this photo accidentally. It was in a desk frame, and I remember it was on my desk at a former job.
This was in 1991 or 1992, very soon after Tasha came to live with me. She was still quite young, and you can tell that she was very smart. It was taken on the bluffs, where we used to often walk.
I’ve started shopping online for a good marker stone for her place in the yard, next to Stella.
In case you’re surfing and not catching the news, Chief Justice William Rehnquist is dead. Agree with his politics or not, you have to admit it shows a lot of tenacity to stay on the job at age 80, fighting a terrible disease.
Is it possible that those dead people are still sitting at the convention center in New Orleans? Can I believe what I’m seeing on the TV? That woman in the wheelchair, covered with the plaid blanket is still there? The person beside her, in the white sheet, is still there? They’re still there, decomposing in the heat?
That’s somebody’s mother or grandmother, somebody’s son or daughter. How is it possible that this is happening? This has passed from being a tragedy to a shame to an outright crime.
Check out the open letter from Michael Moore to President Bush. It’s great.
Tonight, the only thing that’s more shocking than the abject failure to respond to desperate need in a timely manner is the amazing way the government is being excoriated by the media. Reporter after reporter on the scene in the disaster areas is taking the government to task and holding on like pit bulls. Seems like just yesterday we were all wondering why the media seemed asleep at the wheel over Iraq and scandals like the Downing Street Memo.
As I’ve said before, I’ve always wanted to like my president. I’m an American. And even now, I think he must be a likeable guy, as I see him embracing victims in Biloxi. So this failure of proactive leadership is not the kind of scandal I want to see stick to him. But since the others – like the fraudulent pretext for the war in Iraq – have not stuck, I’ll take the justice I can get. Or a better word might be comeuppance.
Just for the record, I believe we will not learn from this…
When someone asks if this will be a scandal, if there will be wisdom and justice for all the desperation
tell them I fear we will forgive and forget. Better late than never, after all. Right?
Hey it’s time to have a little Friday fun. My buddy Craig sent me this link today, where you can make your own South Park character. Here’s mine. I named him Larry; don’t ask me why.
Raiders beat Saints. Hard to believe they could play at all.
Wow. I just watched the mayor of San Antonio, Phil Hardberger, interviewed on CNN. How refreshing it is to see a public servant who is eloquent, circumspect and compassionate. Not to mention pragmatic. I like that guy. But then I’ve liked most people I’ve met from Texas. They’re good people.
The rescue of the suffering in New Orleans is just another great example of the failure of the Bush administration. Ships in route, troops on order to deploy, activated, but not there. Where are they? They’re not there, helping the people, and it’s been days. Are they marching from Alaska? The city is insane, there are dead in the streets in America. This will be part of Bush’s legacy.
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