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I see these people on TV trying to get the attention and blame shifted to Bush.

These recent statements I'm refering to are not just 'blame game' rhetoric.

These are hate filled accusations such as 'Bush hates black people' and 'Bush enjoys "losing" people'...

I have been dismissing these wackos for a long time, but they have officialy worn out my patience.

These recent statements I'm refering to are not just 'blame game' rhetoric. These are hate filled accusations such as 'Bush hates black people' and 'Bush enjoys "losing" people'...

I disagree - I think it's completly 'blame game' rhetoric, only they've taken it to the next level, by making race an issue, and I think they evoked race, because the stakes are so high, and because, in dollars and in human lives, the cost is so high - no politician in Louisiana wants blood on their hands.

This is all about deflecting poor decisions made by people in and out of New Orleans.

Poor decisions made in staying behind

Poor decisions made in rebuilding and/or staying after the Hurricane of '48, Betsy in '65, Camille in '69, and Georges in '98, when it was quite clear that hurricanes would continue to threaten, indirectly or not, New Orleans.

Poor decisions made in ignoring the US Geoligical Survey.

Last, but not least, the poor decisions being made right now to go ahead and rebuild New Orleans.

What this all will ultimately mean, is that we rebuild New Orleans, because to even suggest otherwise would be to question the decisions made by people in New Orleans, and it will get you labeled as a racist (just ask Speaker of the House Hastert who said the most logical thing a politician has said about New Orleans yet, that maybe it's not such a bright idea to build a city surrounded by water, below sea level, that is threatened by a large a river prone to flooding every now and then, and that is threatened by hurricanes fairly frequently).