i forgot to mention that desipte numeruous warnings the most accessavble member of the bush administration was infact shopping for shoes at the time when the crisisn utterly predicably went down. (ms. rice)
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mostly off topic... but it reminds me of all the flak bush got after 9/11 after he chose to sit and read to the kids for a full * minutes before he went to NYC to see what was up... noone bothered to mention the time it takes to get air force one ready to take off, plus the fact that if youre reading to a bunch of kids, then a secret service man whispers something into the presidents ear and suddenly they all teleport away it throws any intelligent person into a bit of a panic.... (he doesnt wanna be here neither do i)
point is political figures shouldnt be expected to personally do anything about large scale catastrophes like this. They act through policy, hopefully preventing them from happening. When it all hits the fan though, its not the government but the citizens themselves and emergency respone agencies like the red cross and salvation army who bear the responsibility of keeping that death toll number down.
we can argue as much as we want about how much that sucks or how things should be, but it doesnt matter because thats the way things are.
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