Is the politics of fear spreading?

innerSpaceman · 08-28-2006, 07:34 AM

It's the season to highlight what went wrong with the President's promise to take care of Katrina damage, whatever it takes. Looking at those shortfalls at the one-year anniversary takes on a certain narrative consistency if there's a hurricane a'comin.'

The season won't last long. We're about to enter 5-year anniversary nine eleven season, and all the hand-wringing about what hasn't been done in five years to protect the American People from terrorist attack.

Fearmongering or not ... I think the convergence of the two stories paints a pretty grim picture of how our government attends to the big dangers that have beset Americans in the last half-decade.

08-28-2006, 07:34 AM	#20
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	It's the season to highlight what went wrong with the President's promise to take care of Katrina damage, whatever it takes. Looking at those shortfalls at the one-year anniversary takes on a certain narrative consistency if there's a hurricane a'comin.' The season won't last long. We're about to enter 5-year anniversary nine eleven season, and all the hand-wringing about what hasn't been done in five years to protect the American People from terrorist attack. Fearmongering or not ... I think the convergence of the two stories paints a pretty grim picture of how our government attends to the big dangers that have beset Americans in the last half-decade.
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