petition for an independant commission

[tenaya]

"Congress must establish an independent Katrina Commission, modeled after the 9/11 Commission, to unflinchingly assess the failures and successes of government responses to the disaster and make us safe."

Go to:
Petition

And this is quite an illuminating article from Newsweek:
How Bush Blew It

I think the most stunning knock-me-back-on-my-ass information was that Bush doesn't read the papers or watch the news. "He prides himself in ignoring the distracting chatter, the caterwauling of the media elites, the Washington political buzz machine." As a result, he truly was clueless about what was going on at the Gulf Coast. His lackies, in a dither about how to bring this to his attention, made a dvd from the news and gave it to him to watch while in Air Force One while they did that flyby on his way back to DC on Thursday. No one tells him bad news, so he truly thought things were going swimmingly while more people died of neglect.

I'm speechless with frustration, so I'll say no more, except GO SIGN THAT PETITION if you're a US citizen!

Comments

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

I remember hearing he didn't read the paper, but I foolishly assumed that meant he didn't read it regularly, or he'd have someone else cull the papers for him as a time saver. Never in my wildest dreams did I believe he'd isolate himself so completely from the rest of the country/world. I've assumed he had a pissy temperment since so much of his personality is like a spoiled little boy.

But your comparison of Ahab/Moby Dick is SO right on the money! Very disturbing.