Kowabunga

Hurricane Katrina continues to be at the forefront of the news, and well it should be, as it is the worst natural catastrophe to hit the United States probably since the Great 1906 'Quake of 1906.

The downside is that there seems to be a great deal of finger pointing by the power mongers (on both sides of the aisle) and by the leftist controlled media at a time when many Americans are trying to pull this country together and help the hundreds of thousands of displaced Americans during their time of need. Our leaders need to focus on the ball, and stop playing the blame-game.

The Wall Street Journal has a excellent piece on this matter. Give it a read.

Then there is all the bellyaching from the hard-left Celiberals, like Pierce Brosnan, Oprah Winfrey and others, bemoaning that the administration did not act fast enough, and has been irresponsible in its efforts to deliver needed aid, ignoring the fact that federal assistance was initially turned down by the governor of Louisiana, and that the hard assets (205 school buses left unused) were in place to evacuate most, if not all of the residents of New Orleans prior to the hurricane striking the region, yet it was not done.

There were mistakes made up and down the chain of command, failures throughout, yet the leftist elites focus only on the shortcomings of FEMA and the Bush administration, while the right-wing focuses more on the failings government leaders at the local and state level.

There are calls for a bipartisan investigation into the breakdown in rescue efforts, and so long as this is performed in a bipartisan fashion, where the objective is to improve our system, rather than to politicize the failures, point fingers, or otherwise seek out political gains, I am all for it. I fear it will turn into a three-ring circus where the best interests of the American people are not kept in mind.

America suffers some form of natural disaster nearly every year, from hurricanes along the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard, to tornadoes in the mid-West, forest fires ravaging out of the control, and earthquakes in California. I do not recall ever hearing such vile rhetoric being slung about so freely as it is with Hurricane Katrina.

Now I learn that Hillary Clinton is now using Katrina as an excuse to raise our taxes, never mind the fact that billions of dollars has been raised to help with relief efforts by hundreds of non-profit organizations.

So much for my rant on the politicizing of the Katrina disaster. Note to Congress: Keep you r eyes on the ball, and not politicize this catastrophic disaster.