I'm not a politician. I'm not a writer. I don't know how to sway public opinion so I've been keeping a lot of my ideas to myself. Katrina has effected me. I've felt a sense of anxiety since I got home from work on Tuesday and found that the levee broke.
I've read others who share eloquently and still others who just rant. I haven't had much use for the ranting, I find it selfish and shortsighted, especially when I know the writer is capable of much more. I don't know that I am capable of more but now I feel that I need to RANT. So....
Who are you gonna blame this time George?! Did nobody tell you that there was a category 5 on the way to New Orleans??? Did you not know that the city was a bowl just waiting to be flooded?!! Just tell me HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PASS THE FUCKING BUCK ON THIS ONE?!! COME ON GEORGE, PASS THE BUCK! I KNOW IT'S COMING!!! I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU DO IT AGAIN!!!!!
Why the different reaction from 911 as far as extended indifference? Do you not care about people who live in poverty in this country?!! Or is it because most appear to be black??? IS THIS YOUR PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE RACE OR POVERTY ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY, HOPE IT GETS WIPED OUT? YOU BLOODY MOTHER FUCKING BASTARD?!!!
Don't EVEN try to use this for some kind of a political advantage! I can see it coming. The routine is that the neocons do just the opposite of what you would expect. The more outlandish then the more "right" it feels to them. They lecture on how wrong it is to politicize 911 and then build their future on it! They respond slowly to keep America safe and then say they handled the situation extremely well. They make the most outrageous claims and treat it like routine!!!
NOT THIS TIME!!!! DON'T DO IT!!! DON'T COME OUT AND TELL US THAT YOU DID OR ARE DOING THE BEST THAT CAN/COULD BE DONE!! ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG!!!!!! YOU FUCKED AROUND AND FUCKED UP AND IT COST US THOUSANDS OF LIVES!!!!! SAY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fucking religious right, they're glad this happened! "God is speaking. A lot of evil down there. It had to go OR this is the end times." MOTHER FUCKERS! WHERE ARE ALL OF THE RIGHT TO LIFERS NOW???!!!! WHERE'S OPERATION RESCUE?!!??! COME ON, TELL ME I'M A JACKASS AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! TELL ME I'M WRONG ABOUT YOU AND YOU ACTUALLY DO CARE ABOUT LIVES!!! FUCK! YOU'RE ALL STUPID BUSH COCKSUCKERS AND YOU JUST CAN'T SAY IT!!!!!
Ok, I feel a little better now. So yea, I got carried away with my rage and I have no idea what the religious right is doing to help. It just wouldn't surprise me if they were doing very little. Much less than 911. Like I said, I don't believe in ranting....well, I haven't until now. I suppose part of it was that I was afraid that it would later be held against me by my enemies or some authority. People would ask me to defend it or myself because I blew off steam.
I suppose the reason I will post this is because I need to know I'm not alone. I need to know that others are fed up and getting closer to breaking. This is certainly a request for help. No, I'm not in any danger, nor anyone else from my rage. The help I need is to see that others feel like I do. I would think that I will get that help from continuing to read others' diaries on this topic and when they criticize Bush on this (not something that I am too excited about- using disaster for political advantage) or they just rant, I will feel a shared sense of outrage. I will know I'm not the only one left who can see. So, keeping with the theme, I need you to keep saying it.