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For those of who asked for an update.
My take on political blowback from Gustav.
Even if, G-d Willing, New Orleans escapes the worst and we're back in time for the NFL opener :) during the RNC convention people WILL remember Katrina.
They'll remember that Bush didn't care and let the city drown.
They'll remember that McCain did his best Marie Antoinette impression. Apologies will only reinforce that.
If Obama & Co. play it smart, they can use sympathy for BushMcCain as a weapon against them - their remorse is of course accepted, but it underscores, even more than Iraq, their poor judgment, and that for all their claims of compassion, they just don't get it.
And this point should be repeated over and over and over - Why is New Orleans even worrying about levees breaking, storm surge, etc? Where the hell was the $30 billion needed to make the city safe, safe as Amsterdam is? Where's the money for restructuring the blueprint along the higher grounds of the area (yes it exists)? Where was the massive effort to rebuild the marshlands, the best defense, stripped away because of, in large part, BIG OIL? Where was the investment in renewable and alternate energy to reduce global warming that's producing this kind of storm in the first place?
In the pockets of Haliburton and lobbyists.
If Bush-McCain had really cared, then they would have fixed their mistake before another storm hit.
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