Katrina

One year ago Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. I was living in Rochester, MN at the time, far away from the waters. I watched the news and saw the tragic response to Katrina. The response as others have pointed out was not an accident. It was not a surprise. It was a direct expression of the conservative governing strategy of Bush and the "my goal is to cut government ... down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub"-republicans in Congress.

Soon after landfall I moved to DC. The area was still a mess and people were still trying to relocate. I took a train out to DC and on the way meet two people who were trying to escape the city. They had gone to a couple other places already and were looking for a new home. Going to live with one of their mothers if I remember correctly. They had nothing with them from New Orleans except the cloths there were still wearing.

The storm was a horrible event, the response was the disaster.

Lots of people are talking about the event today. Campaign for America's Future has a bunch of stuff up on the new Straight Talk Live.