Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood

Just cause nobody’s talking bout ya…

Media Matter alerts us tothis:

During the “All-Star Panel” segment onSpecial Report, theWashington Examiner‘s Bill Sammon and
Roll Call‘s Mort Kondracke blamed
the Louisiana
state and local governments for their handling of Hurricane Katrina while
excusing or ignoring the failures of the federal government.

Media Matters does a good job addressing the falshoods therein. But one line by Charles Krauthammer struck me:

So, we saw that, ironically, in Katrina itself, where
Mississippi
has recovered to the point where nobody ever talks about it and Katrina.

For another perspective readthis at Salon from the Facing South folks. Or read this August ’07post from Ana Maria at A.M. in the Morning blog…

Here
inside the Katrina-ravaged region, we’re still struggling to return to
a sense of normalcy. At Katrina’s ground zero, we still have Wal-Mart
as our only grocery store for at least a 30 minute ride in any
direction. Insurance companies continue to low ball, delay, and fight
tooth and nail to break their legal contracts to pay on legitimate wind
damage claims. Reliable, solid, and reasonably priced contractors to
repair homes are still miraculous to find. FEMA continues to jerk
around municipalities.

Jobs are scarce. More scarce are employees. More scarce still? Housing.

Or check this out.

Waveland_city_hall_remains

Back in March I came across this photo of the remains of the City Hall in Waveland MS. I
called the Waveland city government office and found as of March
’07 it still had not been rebuilt.

Krauthammer and his ilk do not want to talk about Mississippi because it would really screw up their neatly crafted though false narrative of Bush is not to blame predicated on how good it is in Mississippi. Well it is not and playing off the misery and suffering of the people of one state to another is disgusting, insulting and hurtful to both.

If Krauthammer were to readThe Sun Herald he would know the people of Mississippi are still talking…it’s just that no one is listening, least of all Bush apologists.

And with that in mind here is the Friday night music video dedicated to Mr. Krauthammer:

4 thoughts on “Just cause nobody’s talking bout ya…”

  2. Check out this info from: http://www.waylandtowaveland.org/
    “The “Stone Soup” cartoon below (from Aug. 9) touches on a very common misbelief that all is well in the Gulf Coast and people have recovered from Hurricane Katrina of two years ago. This is so very far from the truth. Many people still live in FEMA trailers, and while some infrastructure has been restored (highways, railroad bridges, roads), the economy is still devastated and rebuilding has been at a snails pace. Most of our dear sister city remains barren – cleaned up – but only few signs of rebuilding.”

  3. Check out this info from: http://www.waylandtowaveland.org/
    “The “Stone Soup” cartoon below (from Aug. 9) touches on a very common misbelief that all is well in the Gulf Coast and people have recovered from Hurricane Katrina of two years ago. This is so very far from the truth. Many people still live in FEMA trailers, and while some infrastructure has been restored (highways, railroad bridges, roads), the economy is still devastated and rebuilding has been at a snails pace. Most of our dear sister city remains barren – cleaned up – but only few signs of rebuilding.”

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