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Fatted calf
Sep. 1st, 2005 08:30 pmThis evening I heard one of the best pieces of journalism I have heard in ages. NPR's Robert Siegal held Homeland Security Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's feet to the fire about people stranded in the New Orleans Convention Center. Go to the link and listen. Siegal is brilliant.
Why are people looting in New Orleans? Because they haven't any food and water -- even at designated sites. Why aren't the sites stocked? Because there aren't enough National Guard to distribute food and water. Where are the National Guard? Oh, come on, you know where they are.
The other thing I heard today was obscene. The blogger Attytood tells the story the best. the danger posed to New Orleans by even a small hurricane has been known for years. The funds meant to strengthen those levees were eaten by the COW.
The people of New Orleans are starving. The COW is getting fat.
Why are people looting in New Orleans? Because they haven't any food and water -- even at designated sites. Why aren't the sites stocked? Because there aren't enough National Guard to distribute food and water. Where are the National Guard? Oh, come on, you know where they are.
The other thing I heard today was obscene. The blogger Attytood tells the story the best. the danger posed to New Orleans by even a small hurricane has been known for years. The funds meant to strengthen those levees were eaten by the COW.
The people of New Orleans are starving. The COW is getting fat.
