Bush Will Not Mention Katrina In State Of The Union

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/23/bush-ignore-katrina/

White House officials have told CNN that President Bush’s State of the Union tonight will not contain a single mention of Hurricane Katrina or the ongoing Gulf Coast reconstruction effort.

During last year’s State of the Union, Bush said the federal government was committed to rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and promised to “stay…at it until they’re back on their feet.”

The work of rebuilding the Gulf Coast is far from over. House Financial Services Committe Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) says he believes the neglect of the housing situation in New Orleans effectively amounts to “ethnic cleansing through inaction,” a deliberate attempt to make Louisiana richer, whiter, and more conservative. The Institute for Southern Studies reported today that Louisiana is “still largely an economic disaster area as a result of Katrina.”

UPDATE: ThinkProgress obtained a copy of Sen. Jim Webb’s (D-VA) response to President Bush’s address. In the second paragraph, Webb says he hopes “this administration is serious about improving education and healthcare for all Americans, and addressing such domestic priorities as restoring the vitality of New Orleans.”

(end snip) Same ol' Smirky - all 'blow' and no go, all hat and no cattle, all glitter and no brass...

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1. Again... "Mission: Accomplished"

This was the PLAN all along. Should a natural disaster ever befall New Orleans, well, they knew the levees were in bad shape and would likely fail. They knew that it would flood the parts of New Orleans that were below the water line. They knew who the people were that lived in those areas. They wanted it to happen just the way it did. That's why they dragged their feet. That's why instead of hiring locals to "rebuild" they brought in migrants and big corporations. That's why they "evacuated" the survivors to other parts of the country, especially other parts where the evacuees would not upset the balance of power between repukes and Dems.

It was planned. All they needed was a hurricane... and they knew one would be along someday.