From Maitri, a link to John Barry's latest WaPo op-ed that explains why New Orleans--and the Gulf Coast--matter. Maitri notes it answers Chris Matthews' hypothetical last year about the "cab driver in Detriot."
Bayou St. John David and Oyster have more, while First Draft noticed a WaPo interview with Blanco:
When I asked the governor if she were as baffled as I by the level of resistance in Congress and in the White House to helping Louisiana with post-Hurricane Katrina recovery (the continuing refusal to waive the onerous 10 percent match required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency comes to mind), Blanco let 'er rip.
"It's all political," she began. "You know, this country's run on politics. But when a disaster comes that is not what you expect, you expect a human reaction, not a political reaction. And I will tell you, there's a void," Blanco drawled, "a total void of human response. And it's extremely discouraging as an American citizen. It makes me angry and extremely disappointed."
"...a human reaction, not a political reaction." That actually summarizes the difference between wingnuttia and the rest of us rather nicely. And not just with the hurricanes and federal flood of 2005: watch for a similar mix/match of pious pontificating and piteous whining when the reality-based community finally takes control of the epic mess in Iraq. Because, to them, lives really DON'T matter. It's all rhetorical gamesmanship.
No wonder the media loves them so goddamn much.
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