Say It Ain't So!

Please. Say it ain't so! I spoke to my sister and a few friends in NOLA last weekend and things are not much better than last year at this time. In fact, some neighborhoods are being reclaimed by nature and are virtually untouched. They're still finding the occasional decaying body here and there. There isn't one full scale hospital open yet. Now this?

Bush to Commemorate Katrina Anniversary

Haven't these people suffered enough.

The little man has no shame. What f**king nerve. He'll spend an hour or two swaggering around telling Nagin what a heckofajob he's doing, promise to send more money to "get the job done", hug a few black people for a photo op, and be gone. No questions. no answers. And the press will follow him around recording everything as if it's news. Geez! From the Guardian:

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush will return to the Gulf Coast next week, where hard times and resentment linger two years after Hurricane Katrina's massive strike.

Bush will fly into New Orleans on Tuesday after giving a speech about the Iraq war to the American Legion convention in Reno, Nev. On Wednesday, the anniversary of the storm, he is expected to examine recovery efforts in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

The monster hurricane was the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history. It swamped a beloved city, killed 1,800 people across the Gulf Coast, destroyed or severely damaged more than 200,000 homes and made more than 800,000 people homeless overnight.

In New Orleans today, despite progress, signs of a shattered city abound. Neighborhoods are in ruins. Crime, inadequate health care and faulty infrastructure are pervasive.

The Bush administration is still dogged by charges of an inadequate response - first, for the way it handled the crisis, and more recently, for not spending more time on it.

Read it all here.

More later.
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