Frank Rich’s op-ed piece “Falluja Floods the Superdome” in yesterday’s New York Times is spot-on
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/opinion/04rich.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th
Maureen Dowd’s Op-ed “United States Of Shame” in Friday’s New York Times had this little gem:
Ron Fournier of The Associated Press reported that the Army Corps of Engineers asked for $105 million for hurricane and flood programs in New Orleans last year. The White House carved it to about $40 million. But President Bush and Congress agreed to a $286.4 billion pork-filled highway bill with 6,000 pet projects, including a $231 million bridge for a small, uninhabited Alaskan island.
Bob Herbert is pissed off, closer to the way I feel. His op-ed today had this excellent sentiment:
Mr. Bush flew south on Friday and proved (as if more proof were needed) that he didn’t get it. Instead of urgently focusing on the people who were stranded, hungry, sick and dying, he engaged in small talk, reminiscing at one point about the days when he used to party in New Orleans, and mentioning that Trent Lott had lost one of his houses but that it would be replaced with “a fantastic house – and I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.