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Hurricane Rita crashed into the coast bordering Lousiana and Texas on Saturday, causing considerably less damage than Hurricane Katrina, which struck Louisiana and Mississippi on Aug. 29. Although the estimated damage of Hurricane Rita is $4.5 billion, the death toll is about 10 people, much less than that of Hurricane Katrina, which totaled over...
...where, on the spectrum of barbarism, we would locate the killing of Iraqi civilians, the razing of Fallujah, the depravity at Abu Ghraib prison and the self-righteous obscenity at Guantánamo Bay. And how about the abandonment of the desperate hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi? In Iraq, limitless U.S. resources are deployed while at home poor Americans, thirsty and starving, founder in toxic effluent. All around the globe, people are watching, incredulous, as the Bush Administration displays its unique abilities to turn a natural disaster into an issue of law and order. It can be only...
...however, it is important to remember that Katrina left no one unaffected. Rich or poor, every resident of New Orleans, not to mention Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and Alabama, was subjected to an indescribable tragedy. The only good that can come of this tragedy will be a lasting recognition by every American that, in the face of a natural disaster, we must always seek to aid those less fortunate than ourselves...
...where, on the spectrum of barbarism, we would locate the killing of Iraqi civilians, the razing of Fallujah, the depravity at Abu Ghraib prison and the self-righteous obscenity at Guantánamo Bay? And how about the abandonment of the desperate hurricane victims in Louisiana and Mississippi? In Iraq, limitless U.S. resources are deployed, while at home poor Americans, thirsty and starving, founder in toxic effluent. All around the globe, people are watching, incredulous, as the Bush Administration displays its unique ability to turn a natural disaster into an issue of law and order. It can be only...
...Bush returns to Mississippi and Louisiana on Tuesday, and on Thursday travels to the Ronald Reagan Building to deliver what his staff is billing as a new speech about the war on terror. Oh, and remember Social Security? Many Republicans on Capitol Hill believe that Katrina diminished the already slim chances that a significant bill will pass this year. But on Wednesday, he will invite still cameras into the Roosevelt Room to show him meeting with the President?s Commission to Strengthen Social Security. Ironically, that divisive issue will give the president momentary respite in a week of friendly fire...