Jack Cafferty CNN

[brettdale]

This was posted on a message board in NewZealand.

Jack Cafferty on CNN made a very astute observation today, the 5th day following Hurricane Katrina. He noted that Congress, during all of the Terri Schiavo ridiculousness, held a special session during Easter recess specifically for the purpose of passing the infamous Terri Schiavo law, one of the few (only?) laws in the country ever to apply to a single person. Yet here we are, five days after Katrina, with tens of thousands of (to point out the obvious) largely African American Katrina refugees piled up in the Superdome…and Congress is still on vacation? They can’t even drop water and sandwiches to these starving, dehydrated, dying people? While I still stand by the notions that 1) there was ample warning for this disaster and 2) that this country is better equipped as regards the resources to deal with a natural disaster of this magnitude than third world countries, I think its pretty obvious that leadership seems woefully absent here. For those who might doubt this notion, I’d note that the first load of folks delivered to Houston from New Orleans was handled not by any government or military unit, but by 20 year old Jabbar Gibson who managed to steal a school bus and transport a load of folks to safety. Even if they manage to reconvene early, it should have never taken this long to mobilize the political powers that be in a scenario such as this. Unbelievable.

[OhioChick]

1. How true n/t

[Tace]

2. Bushco And Congress Have Blown It

The judgement of the American People will be harsh, indeed.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Faith based private service just doesn't work in catastrophic

situations.

[RoyGBiv]

3. And while we're at it ...

When Nancy Pelosi called for Congress to reconvene early so they could pass a multi-billion dollar relief bill, the Republican leadership *resisted* saying there would be time later to deal with these issues.

No difference in the parties? Kiss my entire ass.