A View from the Right: Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath

Jeeze, blame the victims, con them, or what? The President is fortunate to have family, friends, and the lunatic fringe on his side:

Former Majority Senate Leader Trent Lott, visiting some young evacuees: ``Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?''

Barbara Bush: referring to the refugees in the Astrodome: "So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this — this is working very well for them."

House Speaker Dennis Hastert on rebuilding New Orleans: "We ought to take a second look at it. But you know, we build Los Angeles and San Francisco on top of earthquake fissures and they rebuild, too. Stubbornness...I don't know. That doesn't make sense to me."

The President himself, after speaking with Nancy Pelosi concerning the termination of Michael Brown, Director of FEMA: "Why would I do that?"

Michael Brown, Director of FEMA, concerning his demotion (firing): "I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can to help these victims," Brown said.

Rush Limbaugh discussion "Mayor Nayger"...errr...Mayor Nagin.

Rev. Bill Shanks, conservative Christian pastor: "New Orleans now is abortion free. New Orleans now is Mardi Gras free. New Orleans now is free of Southern Decadence and the sodomites, the witchcraft workers, false religion -- it's free of all of those things now. God simply, I believe, in His mercy purged all of that stuff out of there -- and now we're going to start over again. ... It's time for us to stand up against wickedness so that God won't have to deal with that wickedness. "

Robert Tracinski, Editor of The Intellectual Activist: "People living in piles of their own trash, while petulantly complaining that other people aren't doing enough to take care of them and then shooting at those who come to rescue them—this is not just a description of the chaos at the Superdome. It is a perfect summary of the 40-year history of the welfare state and its public housing projects.