I am probably one of many that are blaming Bush for Katrina fallout that is hitting New Orleans. Hey, Al Gore invented the internet and let's blame Bush. What's new?

But listening to Ray Nagin during a WWL interview on CNN makes blaming Bush more than a joke. It’s quite hard not to look at the federal government and Bush himself, eventually. The federal government has been slow in reacting and Bush was still on vacation a day after Katrina struck the American south.

However, I cannot take it when I hear some people mutter under their breath that "America deserves this". Please do realize that not all Americans agree with those hawkish policies. There are innocent people down there regardless how many of us disagree with US foreign and environmental policies.

And no, it has nothing to do with god or some deity up in there sky. Not even some meatball monster with spaghetti all around it.

Today, it’s them. What if tomorrow’s our turn? How would you feel I say that you deserve it?

Please. Quit saying "they deserve it".

p/s - Saw something like this on CNN news ticker: British Foreign Secy. Jack Straw: EU considering disaster relief, aid to U.S. rather than gasoline.

I'm not sure what to make out of that...

pp/s - New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin was calling for aid but the federal government said earlier that they had yet to receive formal request for help. Also on CNN, CNN International was interviewing Jan Egeland of the United Nations earlier and the United Nations say, they are ready to help but they have yet to receive formal request from the US.

I wonder if what seemingly to be a failure to mobilize rescue effort by almost everybody is actually due to red tape.

ppp/s - a Republican said New Orleans is not worth rebuilding. Something that might worth discussing but I don't think that Republican appreciates the timing of his remark. He retracts his statement soon after several Democrat senators fired their free bullets.