Where Were Our Leaders?

My thoughts have been twisting like a run away roller coaster this week. So many powerful emotions, so much empathy and sympathy for the people in the south central US, then sorrow, anger and frustration as friends of mine attempt to locate missing loved ones.

We knew Katrina was coming. Granted, it was short notice. This storm did not begin in the Atlantic but in the waters of the Carribean. Still, we knew it was coming. Where was the preparedness? Where was the standby notice to rescue agencies that would have mobilized them as soon as the storm had passed?

Where were our leaders?

Well, while New Orleans flooded and the people of Biloxi attempted to dig themselves out of rubble, George W Bush was on vacation in Texas. Dick Cheney was also on vacation and Condi Rice was shopping for three thousand dollars shoes and seeing a broadway show in New York.

Did I expect any of the three to rush to the south to personally rescue survivors? No.
But there is an appearance that *must* be maintained by the White House in order to maintain credibility of any kind. These three failed the litmus test for leadership.

Hearing them now, a week later, spout any type of condonlances for those who have lost so much seems so much like lip service. Too little and much too late.

More to come...