First lady Barbara Bush, commenting on the Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston:

What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay
in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many
of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway
so this (chuckle) is working very well for them.

FEMA Director Michael Brown, in various e-mails to colleagues and friend in the immediate aftermath:

If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god . . . Do you kow of anyone who dog-sits? . . . Can I quit now? Can I come home?

First Lady Laura Bush speaking to children and parents in...

First lady Barbara Bush, commenting on the Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston:

What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they all want to stay
in Texas. Everybody is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many
of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway
so this (chuckle) is working very well for them.

FEMA Director Michael Brown, in various e-mails to colleagues and friend in the immediate aftermath:

If you'll look at my lovely FEMA attire you'll really vomit. I am a fashion god . . . Do you kow of anyone who dog-sits? . . . Can I quit now? Can I come home?

First Lady Laura Bush speaking to children and parents in South Haven, Mississippi, September 2005:

I want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurrican Corina to make sure their children are in school.

People who were affected by Corina--as she called it twice--might have just lost everything they had including their school and their children.

So, Barbara B. does not like all that "chocolate" coming to her "city"? "Corina, Corina" was a devastating tragedy that could have happened along any coast. It took an enormous toll on one of our (US) most historic cities.

Tragedy is tragedy no matter where it happens. How are people supposed to react to that? There is no preconceived way to determine "how" you are supposed to act when your entire life and culture dissipate before your very eyes.

New Orleans has taken a lot of heat for how the people responded to that tragedy. Rioting, violence, shameful conduct in the face of adversity, from the poorest of the poor in that Community.

But I ask you..."if" it happened somewhere else...wo...

So, Barbara B. does not like all that "chocolate" coming to her "city"? "Corina, Corina" was a devastating tragedy that could have happened along any coast. It took an enormous toll on one of our (US) most historic cities.

Tragedy is tragedy no matter where it happens. How are people supposed to react to that? There is no preconceived way to determine "how" you are supposed to act when your entire life and culture dissipate before your very eyes.

New Orleans has taken a lot of heat for how the people responded to that tragedy. Rioting, violence, shameful conduct in the face of adversity, from the poorest of the poor in that Community.

But I ask you..."if" it happened somewhere else...would the people left behind have acted any differently?

Who was eating cake and NOT mobilizing help while the people were drowning? Suffering? Rioting?

An "act of god" cannot be predicted. What should be predicted is swift response to human suffering in our Nation, from our highest power in the land and the Leader of the Free World!

Who was eating cake when "Corina" was devastating lives and heritage?

Moo! How dare they relocate to Texas! (Sarcasm intended. I approve this message).