Shrub vs. Mother Nature

John boy has a blog now, and no surprises here, he's gone all political on us.

I'd love to play devil's advocate here, but I can't. In fact, I started writing about how we can't blame shrub for a natural disaster. But then, I stopped. Quite a bit of this is his fault, if only because he is the Commander in Chief, and the buck (supposedly) stops there. I pin the blame more directly on the department of Homeland Security.

How is it that we aren't prepared for disasters? What else is this agency for?

Should it not have been noticed, by someone, looking for vulnerabilities that terrorists might look for, that hey, New Orleans is in danger! I talked to a friend the other day, and he told me that his Meteorology class at UMPI, ten years ago, was taught that New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen. This was not a secret.

As far as oversight goes, our fearful leader has proven that he will pass on corporate favors as he sees fit, at any opportunity. It's no secret that he is a friend of big business. What is equally clear is that he is a vengeful bastard. Dems (or moderate Republicans) that have stood up to his Fearfulness in the past have faced, for example, military base closings that cause thousands of job cuts in their home states. Wonder what will happen to the Reps and Sens that demand accountability?