Barbara Bush at the Houston Astrodome, surveying the survivors of the flooding in New Orleans:
"What I'm hearing is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality."
"And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this?this [she laughs] is working very well for them."
Here's my response------
Who knew, when the conservatives' guru, Grover Norquist, envisioned drowning the federal government in the bath-tub, it would be accomplished by taking the heart and soul out of our major cities, one at a time?
Who knew, when the twin towers were targeted by planes used as missiles, that the strategic command had been distracted by war games and couldn't react in time?
Who knew, when the first responders were dispatched, that three towers would come tumbling down before they could get back out?
Who knew, when Hurricane Katrina was announced, that Homeland Security concerns would keep the first responders tied up in paper work long after the winds had left?
Who knew, when the levees protecting New Orleans gave way and the flood waters drowned all the neighborhoods, including their tubs, that nobody had bothered to get tens of thousands of Americans out?
Who knew, when Grover Norquist envisioned drowning the federal government in a bath tub, that it would take less than half a decade to turn that lone super power,striding across that bridge, into a third world nation, racked by debt, poor health and deprivation, just like all those other nations where corrupt tyrants reign?
Who knew, when the demise of government by the people was planned, that it would be transformed into a killing machine, taking on unsuspecting enemies on foreign soil and then turning on the people themselves?
Who knew, when the opportunity society was touted, it was the opportunity of the vulture, a chance to profit from another's misery?
Who knew that when all men are declared sinful, the devil no longer needs to hide? He can do his dirty deeds right out in the open and blame somebody else.
Who knew? When our representatives and our votes and our judges were turned into rubber stamps, we the people should have known. We just couldn't imagine it.
But, now that we know, it's time to act. Otherwise, who knows which one of us will be next?
Posted by Hannah at September 6, 2005 06:26 AM