The Mayor of New Orleans and Governor of Louisiana are doing their damnedest to lay the blame for all of the anarchy and everything at the feet of President Bush. Christopher Ruddy has some words on that subject: Don’t Blame Bush for Katrina.

George Bush and the federal government are not to blame for the disaster we have witnessed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In fact, the primary responsibility for the disaster response lies with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and other local officials.
Yet leading Democrats and their allies in the major media are clearly using this disaster for political purposes and ignoring one obvious fact.
This fact – which needs to be repeated and remembered – is that in our country, state and local governments have primary responsibility in dealing with local disasters.

New Orleans had a plan, a clear plan, a workable plan. You can see it here, and for some reason nobody in the government followed it.
I can’t answer your questions as to why it wasn’t followed. All I can say is the human toll in the devastation left in Katrina’s wake is to be laid at the feet of the local officials who were responsible in getting their citizens out of the area. Granted, FEMA and DHS should get some of the blame for the lag in their response time. However, the lack of National Guard troops for security and quelling looters is the purview of the State government, not the Federal.
I hope the surviving citizens of New Orleans remember who failed them in their hour of need, and it wasn’t George Bush.

It is simply amazing. If a natural disaster strikes anywhere in the world, the American Aid will be there in hours, and will be more in dollars and supplies than the next 5 contributers combined. We have helped every national natural disaster with food, water, troops for security, mobile hospitals, and so on. And what is donated by private individuals and organized groups far outstrips what is given by the US government. Most of the time military helicopters and cargo planes are forwarding private donations.
But now when we get hit by a natural disaster of Biblical proportions, where is our help? Where are the Pakistani helicopters, loaded with supplies? How about Iranian mobile hospitals? Not to be seen, and likely to stay that way. This article, Shameful: Only 25 Nations Offer Help to the U.S. documents who our friends are.
There is one correction. Just before I wrote this post, Kuwait has pledged $500 Million dollars to our relief effort. Kuwait’s offer includes $400 million in oil products and $100 million in humanitarian relief.
Here is the list of those who have pledged support so far:
Russia
Japan
Canada
France
Honduras
Germany
Venezuela
Jamaica
Australia
UK/Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Switzerland
Greece
Hungary
Colombia
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Mexico
China
South Korea
Israel
United Arab Emirates
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
Singapore
Kuwait
Hopefully that list will grow as more and more countries realize how much they depend on the good graces of the United States.

With the news of Chief Justice Rehnquist passing, President Bush has decided to really put John Roberts on the hot seat and appoint him directly to Chief Justice. I thought he was going to be grilled like a cheese sandwich before, now Robers will have to be able to pass through the eye of a needle.
This is a savvy move, as Roberts can be expected to live another 40 years or so, ensuring that there will be a conservative slant to the Court, assuming he gets appointed of course. He was expected to pass with a 70-30 vote, but now everything has changed and a courtesy grilling from the Senate Judiciary Committee will now be on high and the Democrats and RINOs will want to get their licks in before Roberts goes to the floor for the confirmation vote.
Good Luck Judge Roberts. You’ll need it.