Time for Blame Game

Written by EB-R

Now is not the time to not question the powers that be in the United States of America. We are being told to wait until an appropriate time, well we did that after 911 and by the time the hard questions were ask, President Bush and his PR machine had designed clever answer for why he dropped the ball. This time I am sorry but I feel as though questions need to be answered now and someone needs to be held accountable for our dismal response to those suffering after Katrina. I thought this country was moving towards a more solid homeland. I thought that if we were attacked that someone would come to our aid. I think one only needs to read some comments made since this disaster to understand where the average American falls on President Bush’s priority list.
“Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott’s house – he’s lost his entire house – there’s going to be a fantastic house. And I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.”-George Bush. Thank God that Trent Lott is going to have a nice house and porch and I am relieved that the President will have somewhere to sit and relax. “Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well.”-FEMA Director Michael Brown (a friend of the Bush’s). This quote was made on September 1 and well before FEMA had really even made a dent in the problem. President Bush decided to show his support with a “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.” This same day on NPR, Michael Chertoff responds to a question about the problem in New Orleans with, “I have not heard a report of thousands of people in the convention center who don’t have food or water.” Anyone with a TV knew that there were people dying in that convention center.
Regardless of the money spent on studies that showed that over 100,000 families did not have means (cars) to evacuate the city of New Orleans, the Republican Party and this president just didn’t seem to get the crisis developing. The Republican Senator from PA, Rick Santorum, summed up by saying, “I mean, you have people who don’t heed those warnings and then put people at risk as a result of not heeding those warnings. There may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide to ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving.” Do they even look at these reports?
Now is the time to ask the hard questions and I, as well as every other American that voted, deserve some answers. Mr. President, please let us know before you leave for Mr. Lott’s porch.