Bush, swaying in the wind
It seems that the death toll from Hurricane Katrina is set to rise and rise, not because the storm is still reeking havoc but simply because of ineptitude and politics. “President” Bush has seen another major disaster hit American soil in his time in the white house, despite the setting up of larger, better funded national disaster contingencies after September 11th.
Ray Nagin is a name that will go down in history not because he was mayor of New Orleans but because of his love and compassion for the people of New Orleans. He has stood up to be counted while others in Washington have tried to put a spin in the slow responses to Katrina. The Mayor made a plea to the federal government on local radio station (WWL) on September 1st asking for help and to be given powers to do something about the disaster, Ray Nagin cried on air (as did the radio show presenters). It is now the 3rd of September and still people are having gun fights, looting, raping, murdering each other. There are still over 2000 people left in the SuperDome yet to be evacuated.
President George W. Bush’s approval rating is it’s lowest ever (this will no doubt spark a flurry of aid to the region and a huge spin on how He helped the people of New Orleans). It makes me sick to think that money that could have been spent upgrading the levvys (apparently they were only rated safe up to category 3 hurricaes) in New Orleans went to funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hopefully (But I doubt it) this will spur Americans into realising what a waste of space George W. is!!