[crazyhorse691]

Spot on.

[diamond6]

Great article.

[badpacifist]

Damn! There just might be hope for the Peoples Republic of Oregon.

[michaelbfree]

I am shocked, SHOCKED that this appeared in such a liberal rag as the Oregonian.....

[sandbar]

Brilliant bump

[goldstategop]

The number of Bush haters is a minority. Hate and rage will never get the Left anywhere. I couldn't live my life thinking negatively about everything. Even death sent me a message: you've lost someone dear to you but you are loved by God and things will get better. I have faith in a brighter tomorrow. Positive thinking will get people drawn to you. No one wants to be around perpetually depressed or angry people.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Michael Bluth]

"Yes, it's important to figure out what Bush's federal government might have done better, but the "Bush-administration-is-to-blame" crew ignores the actions of New Orleans and Louisiana officials with front-line responsibilities. Why did Bush have to urge New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco to order an evacuation early on? Why wasn't busing providing for people who made it to the Superdome, since they learned a year earlier in Hurricane Ivan that this was needed? Why did the city's buses remain parked? Why wasn't the Superdome stocked with supplies in the absence of busing? Why did the locals fail to implement their own emergency plans? Why didn't state officials allow the feds and first responders in sooner?"

And why didn't the City of New Orleans provide adequate police protection to the people inside the Superdome? Why were thugs and rapists allowed to prey upon the law-biding and vulnerable inside the Superdome?

[Ditto]

The failure to even focus on these questions suggests some critics are uninterested in a balanced exploration of the issues.

They are no different than the criminal looters on the streets of the Big Easy. Both are exploiting a tragedy for their own selfish reasons.

[Billthedrill]

I think the Democratic Party has blown its top. Dissociating from the rank and file is the Dean/Pelosi wing, whose members immediately went into a frantic orgy of Bush-bashing before the rain had even stopped. Even MSNBC and now (gasp!) CNN have shown real signs of being disturbed by all the agitprop. I have a friend who's a lifelong Dem who is appalled - "isn't it a little soon for this?" he asked me this morning.

The difficulty is that this particular wing of the party is (1) in charge at the moment, and (2) evidently feels that there is no loss of credibility resulting from this sort of behavior. In the latter they are very mistaken. This is a level of political tone-deafness that even other Dems are finding uncomfortable, and it isn't the first instance.

[MNJohnnie]

Amazing this came from The Oregonian

[fat city]

David Reinhard needs to talk to his fellow Oregonian op-ed writers.

[jveritas]

Great article.

[bethtopaz]

I just called him and left a message of thanks!

[Chena]

Excellent! BUMP!

[DallasMike]

Fellow Freepers:

At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.

Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. We need help taking care of their pets, too.

If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you. Believe me, there are a lot of organizations who need your help.

Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I'm adding more every night. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas Tuesday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.

There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.

Many thanks,

Michael McCullough

Stingray blogsite

[ladyinred]

How sweet truth is, and how scarce in today's world.