Politicising Disaster

Okay, let's get this out of the way first.

President George W Bush is solely responsible for the worst natural catastrophe in United States history. That's what a lot of bloggers, newsmen and women, and politicians are saying, so it must be true.

Here is what must have happened:

Sometime last week President Bush sneaked out of his ranch house in Crawford, Tx. under cover of night. He crouched down real low to avoid a possible confrontation with Cindy Sheehan, who we know frightens him to death. Then, he made his way to the Gulf of Mexico, where he somehow conjured up hurricane force winds and sent them spinning towards the coast. When the storm passed Florida, he managed, through some amazing feat of magic, to whip the winds up until they were blowing up a category 5 force. And then he aimed it towards New Orleans. His biggest mistake at this time was not hitting New Orleans dead on, thus not bringing about the destruction he had planned. In order to adjust for this slight miscalculation, he personally grabbed a shovel and proceeded to dig out the levee until it finally burst and in turn, flooded the entire city. By this time, it was almost dawn, so he quickly sneaked back to the ranch just in time to catch a flight to San Diego and make a speech, thus covering up his vicious crime.

But, alas, the dreaded Left wing Liberals found him out.

Apparently his reasons for committing this Nazi-like atrocity on New Orleans is because he hates black people. And because he wants to punish the world for trying to make everyone believe that Global warming is his fault, too.

At least, that's what the Left wingers seem to want us to believe. Do you believe it? They do.

Now. Lets get serious.

I am mad. I am Janet Reno's blind date mad. I am madder than Al Sharpton at the airport having to answer the white courtesy phone.

My readership is down for some reason and people haven't been leaving comments as they used to. That would have upset me until recently. Now I don't really care. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. I have something to get off my chest.

We have a major natural disaster on our hands, the worst in history. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people are dead. Millions are displaced and homeless as a result of this storm. There is looting and killing and rape going on in the city of New Orleans, and there is much more devastation in Mississippi and Alabama. My girlfriends father, who lives in New Orleans, is still unaccounted for.

And some people want to spend their precious time and energy bashing and blaming the President and his administration. Never mind that there are millions of people that need immediate help. It is more important to these people to question whether the President acted quickly and decisively enough.

The Bush haters have sunk to an all time low.

Robert F Kennedy Jr claims that Hurricane Katrina is Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and Bush's fault because Gov. Barbour talked the President out of signing some ineffective agreement in Kyoto, Japan.

Jesse Jackson claims Bush caused the hurricane because 70% of the residents of New Orleans are black.

My teenage son who says he likes black people and also says that I am a "racist" said to me about the people in New Orleans that are suffering, "They are all black people." His "racist" father said this in response:

"They are people who are suffering, and they need help."

And others claim Bush purposely delayed rescue efforts and then lied about them, because...well, I don't quite know the reason he would do that. And apparently, neither do they.

This makes me want to vomit.

JUST HELP THE PEOPLE! PLEASE!

What if all these ridiculous accusations are true? So what? Are the people who are starving and dehydrating and dying from violence going to magically be saved from their unfortunate situation because we now know this?

A blogger friend of mine says he doesn't believe we are in Iraq for the right reasons but he thinks now that we are, we need to finish the job. The same could be said about the tragedy in the Gulf states. Mistakes were made. Miscalculations. At all levels. So I guess we should just pack up everything and leave these people to fend for themselves?

I live near a city of 39,000 people. I was thinking about how this small city would do if it were flooded as bad as New Orleans. I don't think all the people would be rescued within 48 hours, and maybe not in 48 days. It simply is not realistic to assume that had the president acted a few hours sooner that the rescue of those people would be that much faster. Besides, there has to be a plan of action. Meeting with all his advisors and his cabinet takes some time. New Orleans has over a million population. Do they really think that anyone could save those people any faster? Does it occur to people that it will take a very long time to search through every house in the area for survivors?

Someone else said the President didn't send some hospital ship to help until sometime after the storm, not right away, and then claimed he sent them earlier than he actually did. Well, maybe he did. But the hospital ship is on it's way, if not already there. Better late than never I say. Especially in this case.

And that brings up another point.

President Bush has the responsibility of 250 million plus people on his shoulders, not to mention the mantle of keeping the entire world safe from tyranny and oppression. Surely he can be forgiven for a misstatement. Or can he? If you read the newspapers and watch network news, particuarly CNN, apparently even his mispronunciation of some words proves that he is incompetent.

You say tomato, I say tomahto.

Let me address the Presidents detractors now:

You hypocrites. Can you say you could do better and really believe it? By what right do you criticize the leader of the free world while innocent people are suffering a devastating catastrophe? Where does this self righteous arrogance come from? And what is the point?

You complain that the president led our young men into a war to die in Iraq for oil, or worse yet, for a lie that has yet to be explained. Why would he lie about that just so he can kill his own people? It doesn't make sense.

You call him a liar and a terrorist and a hate monger and a thief and a murderer. You call him stupid and ignorant and incompetent and evil. You say you hate him, but you can't say why. Not, at least, for any valid reason.

It has been theorized by some that if Clinton was in charge he would do a better job, and quicker than Bush.

Coulda. shoulda. woulda.

Let me tell you something:

If Clinton was in charge he would have done exactly the same thing as Bush. So would Kerry. So would Gore.

Why?

Because a President recognizes that there some things more important than partisan politics. Like the safety of the people. Like doing everything he can to protect our country and our people. They would all do the same thing in Iraq, too.

There is so much more I can say about all this. I am so angry. No. Not angry. Call it righteous indignation. Point is: Politicising this situation is pointless and serves no purpose other than undermining the efforts of the President to do his duty. In the same way that critisizing the war in Iraq undermines the efforts of our military, except that criticism emboldens and empowers our enemy also.

Come to think of it, possibly criticism of the President in this situation may embolden looters, too. I don't know. It's just a thought.

I want to address one last point. A blogger I read today had this to say:

"I Won't Contribute to Katrina."

I bet you'd like to hear why he won't contribute. It's because he hates Bush. Really. He goes on to explain. I am not going to reprint the whole thing here. You can read it for yourself if you have the stomach.

How cruel. I want to help and I can't. He can help but he won't. What's wrong with this picture?

Anyway, I couldn't resist responding. This what I said to him and what I say to all you Bush haters:

So, because you hate Bush, you will not donate to ease the suffering of thousands of people, the majority of whom probably hate Bush as bad as you do.

That is the most despicable,hateful, insensitive,uncaring,cruel,demonic, non-Christian statement I have heard in a long time. You are selfish at best and ghoulish at worst.

Satan himself has more compassion that you. You would allow poor people to suffer and die because you hate the President. How pathetic.

You should get down on your knees and thank God that you are not one of those people about to die in horrible agony.

God Damn you.

God damn you all to Hell.