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fucking duh

by Jen at 10:24 pm on 13.02.2006 | 1 Comment
filed under: rant and rage

All these months later after katrina, I still can’t talk about it without intense rage. but I will repeat what I said before:

hundreds, if not thousands, of americans died like stray dogs in the street. babies died from lack of water. people were left to rot nameless and unclothed in gutters of waste.

because of *him*. he had the personal power to save them. he’s finally decided to rescue the last survivors in a great show of bravado. like magic, troops and food and water and boats and helicopters have appeared en masse.

i wonder how i would feel if my survival came down to praying to george w. bush for help?

i hold him personally responsible for every single one of those deaths. every baby that died of dehydration. every man woman and child who died hoping the president would save them.

…those americans died on his doorstep, on his watch, on his say-so

but it turns out my scathing indictment wasn’t so far off, according to the congressional report being released:

“Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare,” the report said.

The House report due to be released Wednesday found that “earlier presidential involvement could have speeded” the government’s response because Bush alone could have cut through all bureaucratic resistance.

(emphasis mine)