The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens. The Administration has failed in that task. - UK's Daily Mail proclaims.

World condemnation continues of the terrible response to Katrina's aftermath from BushCo and his government.

Italy's, Corriere della Sera flatly states: Storm Reveals A Leader Who Divides America. It concludes:

The whole world needed a unifying leader, who could only have emerged from the White House, and Mr. Bush does not look up to the task.The United States desperately needs a president who can talk to everyone, but Mr Bush prefers the rhetoric of division.September 11 2001 was Mr Bush’s zenith, his highest moment, and Katrina may be his nadir.And the long line of refugees leaving the wonderful city of New Orleans, trudging along the dry tracks of the only railway line not under water, is a foretaste of dispirited protests to come in the world’s greatest country, a land that can no longer get it together to work together.

This tragic response to a tragedy seems almost like a scene out of Shakespeare - an oligarchy or kingdom so corrupt and plagued with rampant nepotism, undeniably removed from its own people, that it is completely paralyzed and inept. Failures of the incompetence and uncaring and the tragic consequences to the poor and unfortunate...

It seems that BushCo only responded when the politics were at stake, not the people. They were covering, because they knew that many of his advisors, including VP Cheney, were still on vacation almost a full 6 days after the hurricane hit. 6 days. No doubt there will be consequences for the president. And if there isn't, there should be...