As Katrina Struck, Bush Vacationed

ThinkProgress shows side-by-side pictures of Bush's vacation spot and the utter destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi. He decided to cut his 5 week vacation by 2 DAYS in order to fly back to Washington to find his talking points. This is despicable - he could not even do a flyby in a helicopter to survey the damage and offer hope to the millions displaced by this disaster. At least one photo-op - just one…

But this is to be expected by this President. He has a history of non-action - frozen for 7 minutes as the Trade Towers were attacked, even after being told that the first plane hit; not responding for 3 days to the Asian Tsunami, even as confirmed reports of over 100,000 deaths, and now this - golfing and playing guitars.

I must say that BushCo administration could only be compared to that of Emperor Nero of the Roman Empire - merrily partying away as Rome burned. Pathetic.

As New Orleans and a chunk of the Gulf states deal with the aftermath to Katrina, getting help there is nearly impossible - not enough National Guard, not enough equipment, and not enough time as the levee breaks in New Orleans have 80% of the city under water.

BushCo cut funds for levee upgrades to divert resources to Iraq.

In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding.

The Philadelphia Daily News provides a blunt piece on the shortfalls of the how BushCo took money from New Orleans, even though Congress and the President knew levee protection was needed, because of US Army Corps of Engineers research. They conclude:

The president told us that we needed to fight in Iraq to save lives here at home, and yet -- after moving billions of domestic dollars to the Persian Gulf -- there are bodies floating through the streets of Louisiana.

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