Hang in there, Drince 88.
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Originally Posted by wendybeth
I suppose he's not aware of the shut-down of public transport and massive gridlock going out of the city in the hours prior to the storm. Many of the people stranded were tourists, elderly, poor, sick, etc. I'm sure a fair amount were people who could have left but chose not to, but to blame them for the current situation is beyond asinine.
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I agree. He got a lot of heated reactions for the inaction FEMA took initially. He's trying to pass on the blame to someone else. Nice.
Here's the quote that pissed me off last night:
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It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's 7 feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.
"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview Wednesday with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...kathast02.html
Uh, isn't Hastert 3rd in line to run this country should something happen to Bush and President Cheney? This isn't how a leader should be speaking as people are stranded and dying in New Orleans.
He retracted the statement today, but his hopeless attitude towards the rebuilding process is staggering.
It's almost as staggering as Bush's yet again uncaring attitude after a crisis.