"but, earlier this morning, I unfortunately turned on MSNBC, and they were talking to someone in London and asked him how the people their and other Europe cities are reacting..
First, he said that is all that is being talked about..but then said that Europe, from the leaders to the media, to the citizens ALL are saying what a lousy job Bush has done..."
Part of the problem is that people in the rest of the world and many in this country don't understand or forget that this country is a REPUBLIC made up of 50 states. Every state has a Governor, which is the state's CEO. The state is supposed to be prepared and do the initial work and coordination and protect its citizens. The Federal gov't cannot step in unless and until they're asked to by the Gov.
I also saw an interview (replay) with Jesse Jackson..and he was talking some jibberish about slave ships landing in New Orleans, and that the black people were kept "down" right off the slave ships...
and that is why they are looting in New Orleans, NOW...blah, blah...it didn't make sense...but he managed to get every bit of racist blame in one or two paragraphs, that he could.
Doesn't that just tick you off? Well hopefully the truth will be told and that impression will leave them. This President has been thrown just about everything possible, and like FDR (that made many bad choices and was not a perfect man) Bush will go down in history as a great leader that led us through so much.
Thank you for reminding us all of this. I was thinking today how close we are to the people in New Orleans, with a liberal idiot in the governor's seat. Then I was thinking how much I had better stock up (again) because in a natural disaster here, we would be just as likely to be assisted as the people in NO were. Before anyone castigates me, the primary disaster here would be an earthquake and there are not advance warnings for those, so our family could and may be in need of help after one.