New Orleans: Who's to Blame?

Early reports show a Bush Administration still frightenly out of touch with the reality of life in America and the suffering in New Orleans. To be fair, the Senator Landrieu (D-LA) and Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) have proven woefully inept at leadership too, but more on that later.

• circulating a picture of Bush playing guitar while New Orleans drowns and burns: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050830/480/capm10108301730
• Bush gives a speech on Iraq--while people have gone without food and water for three and four days -- reason not to get out: " 'If Zarqawi and bin Laden gain control of Iraq, they would create a new training ground for future terrorist attacks,' Bush said. 'They'd seize oil fields to fund their ambitions. They could recruit more terrorists by claiming a historic victory over the United States and our coalition.' "
• The NYT is finally starting to realize that Rights' repetetition of the SCLM mantra doesnt' make it true: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/opinion/01thu1.html
• Condie caught spending thousands on shoes and watching Spamalot on Broadway:http://www.gawker.com/news/condoleezza-rice/index.php#breaking-condi-rice-spends-salary-on-shoes-123467
• Cheney still on vacation in Wyoming