Kerry was a proven coward and opportunist … so run him as a war hero.

With 4 hurricanes hitting the Gulf coast last year, New Orleans had plenty of time to get up to speed. There were evacuations last year. There were problems. And then, there were policy changes. But all along everyone knew, there would never be 100% evacuation.

Also, it was known that a levee break would create its own disaster. The levee inadequacy has been an open topic of discussion for the last year in New Orleans media. It was stated that it would take the Army Corps of Engineers more than 5 years to strengthen the levee to a bare adequacy standard. Raising the levee’s height was a non-starter. Not even under consideration.

The entire problem of flooding has been accentuated by I-10 acting as a dam. Along with coastal erosion. I-10 should never have been placed where it was. US Hwy. 190 (known as Old Spanish Trail, as it follows DeSoto’s path) is the first high land in Louisiana. I-10’s placement was a gimme to local politicos – federal paid-for, inter-city mass transit.

Jesse Jackson is already spending the coming federal windfall. Demos hope to parlay Katrina into more power. Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge. More race-baiting and class hate.

As of my questions on interviews with Kaplan on NO. I looked myself, but have not found any. Only found a story in the Washington Times mentioning Kaplan:

“In the Atlantic Monthly a few years ago, Robert D. Kaplan went to Liberia, Sierra Leone and other failed jurisdictions of west Africa and concluded many “citizens” of these “states,” roaming the streets raping and killing, belonged to a phenomenon called “reprimitivized man.” Anyone watching TV in recent days will have seen plenty of “reprimitivized man,” not in Liberia or Somalia but in Louisiana. Cops smashing the Wal-Mart DVD cabinet so they can get their share of the booty along with the rest of the looters, gangs firing on a children’s hospital and on rescue helicopters, hurricane victims raped in the New Orleans Convention Center….” http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050906-093816-6143r.htm

Many papers were writing about Hobbes and Leviathan in recent days as well.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want to exaggerate the reports of anarchy. I am just shocked that the social fabric broke so fast in parts of New Orleans. It would be great if the students of the Coming Anarchy and Kaplan’s other books would contribute their analysis.

I read that the police confiscates every gasoline they can get their hands on – sounds criminal to me (even considering that they need mobility for patrols, but stockpiling when people are desperate to get out is in my eyes a crime, too.

Bush was on vacation, even pretend to play a guitar when hundreds of people were dieing. Everybody loves Condi and her new shoes, Rumsfeld was sent into the area and just walked by a number of victims – looks like they are not good enough for a photo shooting? Barbara Bush claims for the people in NOLA, the victims in the stadium, it is just going “very well” and chuckled in the same sentence. Outragous! Another high representative of the Bush government is still in Greece with other minions of the pack having a great wedding and not thinking about coming back. One gaffe after another, the population is slowly understanding that four more years is going to cost them a lot more than just a few colored soldiers in Iraq.

What does not surprise me at all, that in spite of so many criticizm there is not one critique here about the feds messing up horribly. Not one. That says a lot about you, too.

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Electronics, stuffed animals, beer and more. How does thirst, hunger, and loss of property cause people to rape children? Why does a race destroy instead of create?

A few good men in that ‘dome could have banned to gether and set up order. This is a race who has everything handed to them for generations. Did one of them loot a tool? A raft? No.

The recorded rape numbers is astounding, and I would love to know where people were when a seven year old was raped. There was no privacy there so that meant turn your head or watch?

Coming soon to a city near you. Meet your new neighbors. The very savages that commited horrific acts in their natural behavior.

I live in Philly, and I am prepared, and ready to protect my family.

Has any newspaper interviewed him these days?

A Brig General said about New Orleans: “This place is going to look like Little Somalia.” Troops prepare for combat and “insurgency”.
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1077495.php

I prefer to take Harry Connick Jr’s view of what will happen with New Orleans. He basically said that the residents ‘will rebuild cause they’re freakishly strong’. I like to think that American ingenuity will make the place even better than before.

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Also, I’ve been ignoring news for a week, and we lose a major city. wtf?

There was a report on CNN describing the situation in a shelter. It was described as “mob rule,” with murders and gang rapes. This is a shameful event. I can hardly believe this is my country. The pictures I see on TV remind me of Mogadishu or Sierra Leone.