Amen. Many ramifications. Most in the country don't see it yet. I think they might when the first real fatality numbers start to come in. As for the rest of the ramifications... they'll become evident over the coming months. We are in for tough times.
Not wanting to sound political but I know this statement will. Did you ever think of the makeup of the entire country changing now? What about this: N.O. prob Dems overwhelmingly taken to Texas, mostly repub, taken to other republican states and blaming Bush/Repubs for their plight. We'll have redistricting done in all of this.
About the only thing I really got from Economics classes is how interwoven all modern economies are and how much they are based on public perception. If something fails, or is perceived to fail, things happen. Even we we get things up to full throttle, it will take time for these things to get everywhere.
I agree - things will probably change - but hopefully for the better as well...
Amen. Many ramifications. Most in the country don't see it yet. I think they might when the first real fatality numbers start to come in.
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Sadly, many of the uninformed will believe that lives could have been saved if Bush had ( fill in the blanks.)
A few minutes ago I switched from Fox to MSNBC to hear a John Harwood (political editor [or similar] at Wall Street Journal) say Bush was late to show an interest; not like the "the world hears you quote" after 9-11, and he will not recover the regard of Americans from this."
Obviously, this "professional" cannot remember that Bush said that on the rubble on 9/14 - 3 days after the attack. Bush was on the Gulf Coast - 3 days after the flood of NO.