Monday, September 04, 2006
Post-Katrina: a year of broken and unfulfilled promises
A couple days late but who's complaining?
"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years. To get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." -- Grover Norquist, The 'Field Marshall' of Bush's plan.
Well that terrible quote would explain the real tragedy of Katrina which is not the initial devastation of the hurricane and the subsequent flooding but the completely inept and inadequate response by the federal government in the aftermath when help was needed the most. And a year later, it hasn't gotten any better despite all the spin, rhetoric & photo opps. Truly Katrina is this nation and president's greatest shame.
Bush’s Empty Promises: Katrina Victims Still Waiting For Homes To Be Rebuilt
The Gov't Fulfills Few Katrina Promises.
1115.org on Hurricane Katrina:
Bush takes A Victory Lap for Broken Promises.
Katrina: Still Our National Shame.
Beats and Rants 2.2 on Katrina here.
And from Crooks & Liars:
A snip from Paul Krugman's NYT op-ed on Bush's "Broken Promises" post-Katrina.
And in stark contrast to GOP
And on the art tip:
Wu Orleans: a mashup of Wu-Tang Clan and dixie jazz tunes. (spotted via Boing Boing)
While Master P creates a Hip-Hop gospel play about Hurricane Katrina.
And thanks to the CBC for the link love in their "Revenge of the Words" article on Hip hop and Hurricane Katrina.
The Kitchen previously on Hurricane Katrina:
A compendium of links to the major posts here.
Katrina: One Year Later...
"This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina"
Katrina: "So Far Off The Radar Screen, You Can’t Find It...."
"No one could have predicted the levees would break...."
"We are fully prepared to help...."
A First Hand Report from the Big Easy.
