The incompetence of President Bush is sickening

I’ve been watching “When the Levees Broke” today ... and I am sickened by the ineptitude shown by my federal government under GW’s leadership.

The statement by one of the presenters that FEMA and the Homeland Security Department acted as if the levees had NOT breeched, was particularly insightful. The top echelons of the federal government—yes, including President Bush as was obvious from his itinerary during the first few days of the disaster—did not have a clue as to what had happened, nor its severity.

And while the hurricane itself was an “act of God”—as we designate natural events, usually disasters—the aftermath was not.

I can think of no other situation where a “crew” failed so miserably that they would then be allowed to continue doing ANYTHING of importance. I mean, get real, when the ship sails onto the reef, don’t we blame the captain? The captain of Exxon Valdez, John Hazelwood, wasn’t even on the bridge when it stuck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef ... but we all knew it was his responsibility.

You see, the hurricane wasn’t the “reef” we hit ... our “reef” as a nation was the aftermath and our running into it was our failure to send the help the people obviously needed ... obvious to even the most causal observer on the ground at the time.

Brownie’s resumé was that of a “valet to the oil industry” before being appointed to head FEMA.

The problem with the Bushies is that they equate loyalty to the Bush family with competence.

And Bush is saying, in effect, “Trust me to make a silk purse out of the pig’s ear I have bitten off in Iraq.” Isn’t it OBVIOUS by now, one year after Katrina struck New Orleans, that GW has bitten off more than he can chew? (to mix metaphors a tad)