Trailer Trash


No, I don't mean Mr. Vaccarella, although I question his political judgement even as I admire his chutzpah.

On the other hand, preznit Butt-Head chose to emulate his press secretary, taking the "it's just a number" option when asked about the 12 month lag between the flooding of New Orleans, the natural disaster along the Gulf Coast--and the absense of focus on efforts to rebuild.

Something tells me the "long time" Shrub alludes to re: recovery, is the inverse of his "stay the course," lives-and-money-turned-into-mulch approach for Iraq, which he also guaranteed no end to, at least during his term. And so it goes.

Meanwhile, after extended dawdling and fiddling by Team Bush and his as-vicious-as-they-are-stupid GOP Congress, a CDBG allocation has allowed the State to open a number of "Road Home" centers, including one on Poydras Street...and an associated web site where affected homeowners can begin the process of applying for assistance.

Well, good. But I'm not going to get all grateful over a few crumbs tossed in this general direction. Gulf Coast recovery was, is, and should be an absolute national priority, and the fact that it took almost ten months to get a recovery bill passed is outrageous.

You know, maybe Congress should be required to live and assemble along the Gulf Coast until genuine progress is made. I'd bet a few days living in a gutted house without the things they take for granted--regular electricity, garbage collection, mail delivery, water pressure, not to mention police, fire departments, and/or hospitals, etc. etc. etc.--would light a fire under their sorry asses.