Two Years To Forget

Here and here are Daily Kos posts on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which we somberly observe today (I’m going to highlight this paragraph from DarkSyde’s post, since I think that’s an appropriate remembrance)…

The tragic lesson of Katrina is what will happen when men and women who openly despise our government -- who brag they plan to weaken it until they can drown it in a bathtub -- are allowed to govern. After telling the nation that they and only they could keep us safe from any and all threats, the neo-clowns were caught off guard by a Weapon of Mass Destruction called 'water,' arising from a storm that could be seen lumbering toward the Gulf Coast from the surface of the moon for a week. Choose your leaders wisely; these neo-GOP idiots couldn't run a rib-joint let alone the United States of America. And sooner or later, given the chance, it will be your town they drown in the bathtub.

I thought this column from Roland S. Martin at CNN was interesting, though it presumes actual leadership on Dubya’s part, which we will never see in a million years of course (also, there is supposed to be someone from Australia overseeing the cleanup and rescue of that area, but I can’t remember his name and I can’t find anything online about him at the moment – just an FYI on that).

Update 1: Digby recalls President Alfred E. Newman in action here.

Update 2: As a remembrance once more, here are Katrina scenes accompanied by "World Without Tears" by Lucinda Williams.



Update 8/31: Paul Krugman nails it again.