BLAME GAME

I don't know why this hit me as I was out shopping for my sister's birthday today, but I am so tired of hearing about where the blame should go in the Hurricane Katrina disaster. People want to blame anyone but themselves; a scapegoat to avoid any unwanted consequences. We as people know that screwing up is a part of life, this just happened to be a major screw up on everyone's part, not just FEMA, but on the part of every person living in that area; every person who might have realized what was going to happen and did not act. This does not rule out the local gov't both Mayor Nagin and Gov. Blanco (who seemed to dodge most of the 'media' attention: obviously based on media bias). This does not rule out all of those people who predicted this in the past, and did nothing when the disaster was at hand. I just love when the media decides who to blame in such cases; it shows how modern communication will eventually lead to the demise of civilization.

The name game is nothing but a childish act that accomplishes nothing. It is started by the victims, enhanced by modern communication (distorted in the process), and used for some bull crap political agenda.

The victims themselves, though they are to blame with the rest of us who witnessed the disaster, still need to be tended to. I don't think throwing money at them is doing them a great service, but it sure looks good to the voting public.

I try not to take sides when it comes to politics, but when Mayor Nagin told people to start coming back to New Orleans, I started plucking white hairs out of my head. Two things happened. 1. Another hurricane came through the Texas/Louisiana border forcing yet another evacuation, and 2. The destruction was so severe the people came back only to leave again with little more than a hopeless scavenger hunt for lost items.

It's late...Off to bed!