Blame It On The Rain

Shouting voices, pointing fingers and partisan sniping. Hurricane Katrina-gate is underway with Democrats and Republicans be-boping and spinning like mad to turn this natural disaster that likely killed thousands and caused billions of dollars in damage to their political advantage. Investigations are promised to get to the bottom of the disaster response snafu.

Methinks there is enough blame to go around at all levels - local, state and federal. It certainly appears to have been a complete breakdown of management and preparedness. Not too heartening for those who believed we'd taken steps to better prepare our nation in the event of a terrorist attack.

But last night, as it seems is happening way too often these days, a satircal news show brings us the most cogent and logical commentary on current events. Yep, Jon Stewart and The Daily Show were back from a week's vacation on Comedy Central. TV Squad has a good summary of last night's episode.

"Has the government really messed up, bungling the whole situation? Stewart says the short answer is "yes". Long answer is "YEEEEEEEEEEES"."

Later, reporter Ed Helms, appearing at Giants Stadium (instead of the New Orleans Superdome because "I'm scared.") tells us of plans for a billion dollar dam to be built in Arkansas (home state of JP). Arkansas?

"It's simple, really. His plan is to fight the water there so we won't have to fight it here," Helms says, bringing us to the latest Bush reasoning for the war in Iraq.

The Daily Show: Sept. 6, 2005 [TV Squad]

See also, Newsview: White House Falls Out of Step [AP via Yahoo!]