Too Little Too Late President Bush

Republicans are having a party as Hurricane Gustav bears down on Louisiana. Senator McCain has had the common senses to request that they scale back the convention in light of the disaster unfolding in the golf coast area.

Three years after Hurricane Katrina killed 1,600 people in New Orleans the city is still in danger of flooding from yet another major hurricane. The Bush Administration has continued its failure to prepare a major American city for a danger that was clearly foreseeable. Why was more money and effort not put into safeguarding this city?

The level of the city should have been raised. Flood walls should have been rebuilt to protect the city from a level 5 hurricane. The wet lands off the coast should have been supported so that it could drain the power out of such a hurricane. Homes should have been rebuilt to withstand hurricane force winds.

We need a president who cares about the people of this country. We also need a president that can foresee the benefit of protecting our major cities from foreseeable natural disasters. All of the rebuilding that could have been done over the past three years would have also helped our economy. Yet the Bush Administration is far more concerned with loss that the large oil companies might incur due to the hurricane in the golf coast. President Bush has finally said that he would not attend the republican convention although I can’t see why they don’t postpone the convention for a week or two to allow the country to deal with this disaster. How out of touch is the Republican Party with the voting public in Louisiana?

Governor Richardson and Senator Obama Fast to React.

Governor Richardson moves to give aide in anyway possible to ease the difficult times faced by the people of Louisiana. Senator Obama is using his group to help organize volunteers to help out once the hurricane makes landfall.