well stb i'm just so glad you're ok cuz with houston being so close to nola i was kinda worried about you...but it looks like you're back and on fire =)...as far as homeland security goes the feds in ny and nj are having fits cuz even tho this is a prime terrorist attack location all the homesland security money seems to be going to wyoming and kansas...umm, gee, see a connection here?...peace...
nancy =) | Homepage | 08.30.05 - 5:31 pm | #

I completely agree with you on all counts..
Leane | Homepage | 08.30.05 - 6:14 pm | #

I'm sensing that you're holding something back! Just let it AAALL out, baby and you'll feel better! Yes, the Shrub, as you so lovingly refer to him, IS a HUGE dissappointment (understatment of the year)!!!!

I still haven't figured out exactly what the Dept. of Homeland Security does.

I'm just totally shocked at the pictures of the devastation!
Mary | Homepage | 08.30.05 - 6:14 pm | #

I read somewhere that his popularity has dropped to an all time low. About time.
GayMadHousewife | Homepage | 08.30.05 - 10:09 pm | #

the office of homeland security gave us the almighty terror alert color bar! it doesn't get any better than that. a good rant, stb!
annie | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 12:31 am | #

I just couldn't agree more, on every single point. It's outrageous.
Inger | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 6:38 am | #

What the F*** indeed!!! This disaster should be a big wake up call to them folks on the hill. If we can't keep it together during something like this - how do we look to terrorist who are just looking for another in. Seems like we have shown them that we are so easy for the picking - we couldn't even be on top of this. Your remarks are right on. Have a great day - enjoy that humidity again today!!! Peace!
dixiedarlin | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 8:28 am | #

well said..
There was a former mayor of New Orleans on CNN a little while ago.. he just kept pleading for federal aid.. for the military.. for some sort of help NOW..

You are correct on all counts..
mckait / kath | 08.31.05 - 9:17 am | #

Homeland security would not have been able to help in La any more than they would in NY. Communication is a vital part of our everyday lives, and anything that knocks it out be it terror or weather is terrible. Seems what we need is a whole lot more electricians.

At least our fair city is going to take in the refugees in the Astrodome. You can't help everyone STB, but you can help one.
Kimmy | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 9:24 am | #

As a friend of mine said last year, good work from the government tends to happen *in spite of* GWB.

Why, oh why, did people have to pick up on what he is in his *second* term?!

Glad to see you back, anyhow.
CrackerLilo | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 1:26 pm | #

THANK YOU!

It takes yet another tragedy to remind us how unprepared and incompetent we actually are. I wonder if the "journalists" will cover it?
AKH | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 1:30 pm | #

What I really enjoyed was the press conference I watched while I was waiting in line at the local deli to get my sandwich: the first thing they addressed? Not evacuation; not getting medical and life-sustaining supplies to survivors; not how you can help. No, the first thing they annouce is that under the Clean Air Act's emergency provisions they're going to relax the standards for fuel emissions so *everyone can have enough gas* It's unf*cking believable. And so magnaimous of Dubya to cut his vacation short by a whole day. I think I need to puke and wash my brain out now.
woodstock | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 1:55 pm | #

Thank you, I feel much better now...
Rambling Rose | Homepage | 08.31.05 - 6:25 pm | #

excellent post !
I agree with every word.
thank you
Annie Thomas-Burke | Homepage | 09.01.05 - 7:01 pm | #