well hello again, after a bloody long absence from the blogging scene lazy old me decided to drag my arse back here. seems like a lot has gone on while i was gone, especially hot topics on hurricane katrina. well, us folks halfway round the world probably wont know how bad it is but from tv footage it sure looks darned. from what i heard we sent a fleet of chinooks down to help with the relief effort. we, well not us over here but our neighbours had just suffered from the reccent tsunami so well we could more or less sympathize with the victims over in new orleans.
anyway, was discussing the issue over dinner with some relatives of mine: why the hell was the US government so slow to react? because there ain't no oil in louisiana? i bet if new orleans was sitting atop a vast oil field old bush and his croonies would be the first ons down there to help with draining the floodwaters and clearing up the city. or is it because most of the equipment is being tied down in iraq? came across an article one day sayig most of the equipment eg. rescue vehicles were being tied down in iraq hence the lack of sufficient disposable facilities. or is it because most people left there were either red-necks or blacks and new orleans an affluent city? tv footage consistently shows poor blacks at makeshit refugee camps. would the response the same if katrina had struck lets say... santa monica or even new york city for that matter? i don't know...
just thought i'd share some views and insights, feel free to discuss the matter. anyway, great to be back here on JU.