Katrina's Misconceptions

The LA Times has reported the following figures: of 528 identified bodies, 230 (or 43.56%) came from areas with household incomes above the city median. Joachim Singelmann, director of the Louisiana Population Data Center at Louisiana State University, said "It's not just the Lower 9th Ward or New Orleans East, which everybody has heard about. It's across the board, including some well-to-do neighborhoods." President Bush and Mike Brown were blamed for the destruction of Katrina and the slow response (at all levels, even those outside their jurisdiction). We need to properly understand the magnitude of the event. Reasonable, rational interpretations will concede the power of nature over man. Government, even that of the United States, can not stop the destruction of naturally occurring phenomenon. Louisiana had no roads leading into New Orleans after the storm; they washed away. This all points to the fundamental limitation of government. It's an easy scapegoat when trouble occurs, but government can not do everything. Let's place Katrina in its proper context; it was a horrific natural disaster and devastated areas that will require sustained recovery assisstance for years.
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To those at Communist Radio (Air America): Every person who implied, insinuated, stated, or screamed that President Bush (and Republicans more generally) is racist who hates the poor and allowed black Americans to die in the storm must now apologize. The President mentioned the absurdity of this notion the other day and now facts show the insidious nature of those original claims.