Good, her disintegration has proceeded apace.
1. She wants President Bush to "change the rules" so that the complete salaries of police and firemen will be paid by the federal government. She says the parishes are not getting any income so they have run out of money.
COMMENT: First of all, I believe the "rules" she wants the President to change are actually LAWS, and she is either ignorant of this or is trying to make the President the bad guy when he doesn't comply.
2. She doesn't like the vouchers being given to Louisianans in other states. She wants the government to pay for full-service hotels and motels in Louisiana so that people can come home.
COMMENT: The Rats are really afraid that their base has been scattered to the four winds and that they will lose power in the next election.
3. She also said that the priority should be to build New Orleans "safer." By safer she means taller levees, and asked the President to make that a priority.
COMMENT: Until they fill in the flooded areas with about 20 feet of compacted soil and raise the elevation, higher levees aren't going to be doing much to make the city safer. I will vigorously oppose the reconstruction of New Orleans below sea level, and I will campaign to keep money for any reconstruction of levees from those levee boards. Too much money gets siphoned off for non-levee expenditures (such as the Landrieu family's campaign war chest).
Blanco gave me the impression she was reading a script, no doubt written by her newest employee,James Lee Witt.
Keep in mind that we don't know if my Grandpa's barometer here is properly calibrated, but as a relative measurement, it has fallen four points since this morning. It had been reading 984mb since I dug it out last night through this morning, now at 980mb.
No rain here yet, lots of wind.
It would appear that Eaker and family have me outgunned... barely. That's no small feat.
Eaker, if you get more than a few dozen or so looters, send some my way. I want my share too.