Re: Some more on Katrina, and a possible explanation as to why there is plenty of blame...

rdean3REMOVE@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
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...  Since many of the US-based pundits
here can't seem to do more than offer opinions about what's happening
down here, here's a suggestion on how you can help and never have to
leave your AC and cold beer/unpretentious little wines:  educated
yourself, even cheaply, about the facts of situations like this and if
and when you can, try to educate whatever elected officials you might
care to about them so as to perhaps eliminate a little politicking and
finger-pointing and create a little more understanding.


It's not all that difficult to understand. The federal response
was and continues to be so pathetically awful because the folks
who *are* the government hate the government. If ever a strong
federal government is necessary it is at times like this and
the Republicans have gleefully dismantled, underfunded and
destroyed federal infrastructure.

When you need government you don't want your government to be
run by the people who think government is bad, you want it run
by the folks who think government is an agent of good.

And as Dickie so eloquently states it, "educated yourself,
even cheaply," and vote Democratic.

--
Ken Fortenberry
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