[AaronInCarolina]

The DBM and Dims SUCCESSFULLY pulled off the BLAME game hit job on Bush and Co for what was the worst NATURAL DISASTER in NO history.

While I agree with you completely on your point, I would argue that the biggest part of that disaster (at least in New Orleans) was not NATURAL, but resulted from a bone-headed decision to do large-scale development below nearby sea and lake levels. The failure of the dike system was an accident waiting to happen, and should not be blamed upon the natural disaster that was Katrina. Every bit of misery that followed the failure of the dikes should be blamed upon that decision and not upon how the federal government reacted to a hurricane.

[Squawk 8888]

Excellent point. That disaster, like the California fires and most other major disasters, are the direct result of a lot of bad decisions that were not the exclusive work of any particular politician or party. As the TSB philosophy puts it, “An accident is the end result of a chain of events. Break any link in that chain and the accident will not occur.” The same is true of disasters- while we could not stop the hurricane there were many decisions that could have minimized the loss of life and property- building below sea level, not maintaining the dikes, not evacuating sooner, not having a plan in place for dealing with evacuees, the list is endless and no reasonable person would pin the blame for all of them on any single person or entity.