Monday, September 12, 2005

Damned Politicians

A lot of attention has focused on leaders at all levels of government. Why the hell are politicians pointing fingers when they could be using their hands to fish the dead bodies of fellow Americans out of flood-ravaged waters in our homeland? To push people in wheelchairs out of nursing homes? To pick up pets stranded on tree branches and front porches?

After seeing the lack of preparedness to deal with this disaster, who feels there is more coordinated security between the federal, state and local level?

Leaders must back their words with action. Much of the Gulf Coast got blown away or flooded while local, state and federal officials feuded over whose fault it was, who had control, and other arcane bureaucratic administrivia. They cared about government, not governing.

Save lives, not votes.