Media pushes “white guilt” angle
Thursday I asked the question: Looting: Is it as bad in Mississippi as it is in Louisiana? I went on to ask more:
Bush personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation
…per La. Governor Blanco (emphasis added):
The race card is officially on the table
You knew it was bound to happen.
More than 50 countries offer aid to the US
On Wednesday, I posted a message discussing international aid and the implications in, ahem, certain circles (you know which ones) that we shouldn’t fault other countries for not offering assistance to us, considering how we ‘bad mouthed’ them in the run up to (and after) the war in Iraq. Well, it looks like many many countries are on board in the international aid effort to give the US some disaster relief assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which as we all know has devastated the Gulf Coast.
Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding
Earlier today, I blogged about an article from the Chicago Tribune that discussed how the US Army Corps of Engineers had been the target of funding cuts since 1965 (you had to dig that out of the article, but it was there). If you’ve done any travelling around the lefty blogosphere today you’ve probably seen how often this article has been cited to show how the levee breaks that happened in New Orleans were Bush’s fault due to funding cuts advocated by both him and Congress. Here’s a follow up piece from the Tribune this evening (emphasis added):