Hope on the way?

Finally. It seems that basic food supplies, water, and security forces are at last beginning to trickle in to New Orleans (or "that part of the world" as Mr. Bush called it, earlier today). Hopefully, this marks the point at which no more Americans will die from Delayed Response Syndrome. Why, George even managed to admit that the federal relief effort was "not acceptable", after having joked earlier about good times to come on Trent Lott's new front porch.

Does this guy know how to say the right thing or what?!

Nevertheless, we still have to demand swift answers from this Administration as to why the system failed so miserably in 21st Century America. Why our federal agencies were so unprepared when they led us to believe they've been planning and brainstorming since September 12th of 2001. Why there's been such an appalling absence of comprehension, leadership, innovative thinking, and just plain horse sense from the persons entrusted with running the place. Why we couldn't get some goddamn bottles of water air-dropped into an American city by day 2!

So I worry.

I worry for the People of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama when our President says that he's "...going to spend a lot of time saving lives...", and "....it's the next thing to get it in the hands of the people, and that's where we're going to spend a lot of time focusing." I thought time was the one thing he and his good buddy Brownie at FEMA had wasted too much of already.

I worry about how seriously the immediate catastrophy will be addressed when the Speaker of the House can't summon the simple decency to watch his mouth, or find the time to show up for his job. So many fundraisers, so little time.

I worry for the safety and security of all of us, in cities, suburbs, and wide-open spaces, if what we've just witnessed is the best we can expect of our "War President" and his swaggering state of readiness. Can anyone spell d-i-s-c-o-n-n-e-c-t-e-d?

I worry that the leader of the free world needed four days to come up with such lame, ambiguous, and worthless remarks at all. I mean, my God! This is the the most powerful man in the nation, the President we're stuck with for three-and-a-half more years?

The world is watching, kids. And so far they're not impressed. Oh, I know our Conservative leaders are absolutely dismissive of foreign opinions. Can't base any decisions on THOSE, right? Except maybe, just maybe, those damn foreigners have got it exactly right.