LOUISIANA SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU on Bush's response to Katrina

(Senator Mary Landrieu, Democrat- Louisiana,

September 3, 2005, press release)
http://www.bu.edu/globalbeat/index.html#landrieu

 

LOUISIANA SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT
Senator Landrieu later commented: "Yesterday, I was hoping President Bush would come away from his tour of the regional devastation triggered by Hurricane Katrina with a new understanding for the magnitude of the
suffering and for the abject failures of the current Federal Emergency
Management Agency. 24 hours later, the President has yet to answer my call for a cabinet-level official to lead our efforts.

 

Meanwhile, FEMA, now a shell of what it once was, continues to be overwhelmed by the task at hand.

"I understand that the U.S. Forest Service had water-tanker aircraft
available to help douse the fires raging on our riverfront, but FEMA has
yet to accept the aid. When Amtrak offered trains to evacuate significant
numbers of victims -- far more efficiently than buses -- FEMA again
dragged its feet. Offers of medicine, communications equipment and other
desperately needed items continue to flow in, only to be ignored by the
agency.

"But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th
Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I
saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on
a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again
this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday
we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo
opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast -- black and white, rich and poor, young and old -- deserve far better from their national
government..."
(Senator Mary Liandrieu, Democrat- Louisiana, September 3, 2005, press
release)
http://www.bu.edu/globalbeat/index.html#landrieu

God to Bush: You blew it by Carol Wolman

God to Bush: You blew it by Carol Wolman

George, you call yourself a Christian.  You claim that you invaded Iraq because I told you to.  You say that you were anointed to lead America.

George, don't you remember that My greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself?   I sent Hurricane Katrina to test you, so that you could show Me and the world that you truly are compassionate, as you claim, that you truly are a capable leader, as you claim, that you truly listen to Me and carry out My will.

Instead, you showed the world your callous indifference, and your inability or unwillingness to assume leadership in a time of crisis.  Your failure has cost thousands of lives, people who could have been rescued and sustained.  Your failure has further besmirched the reputation of your government, which has shown itself to be an unfeeling and incompetent bunch, caring only about enriching themselves and gathering power. 

Do you not recall My words:

Psalm 62   ¹⁰Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

 

But your response to My test, hurricane Katrina, was to ignore the victims and instead do some political fundraising, and then send in the Marines when law and order broke down. 

 

You failed the test, George.

 

You blew it.

 

In the name of the Prince of Peace, Carol Wolman