It's strange.
Sep. 2nd, 2005 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silveradeptMy connection got shifted elsewhere. In two days, there's been a lot of words generated. Not just housing lists (that's been two days or so of work by my colleagues and faculty), but aggravated letters pissed off officials, blame levied on moral failings, blame levied on those with differences, help potentially refused (but perhaps it will go through), theorizing sinister motives, (because of things like that wonderful captioning incident, as well as certain realities of the situation) and some snapshots of life. Repercussions were felt all over the area, as gasoline prices suddenly rose fifty cents a gallon, provoking a different sort of outcry.
Some see it as a terribly clear indication of the ideology going horribly, horribly, wrong. I'm still caught between malice and incompetence. The incompetence is getting to the point where you have to wonder whether someone can accidentally fuck things up this bad. And much like how he reacted to the terrorist attack, G.W. Bush was supposedly strumming guitar, not looking particularly somber, and as his way of saying hello, simply flew over the area. The Congress did authorize an emergency spending bill, but there's a lot of the feeling of "too little, too late, asshole." The private donations are quite large, and they continue to pour in. They may not be able to arrive, if the situation inside is deemed too dangerous for them. I suspect there are probably more than a few people willing to take the risk of going in to save lives. I can only hope that those kinds of people inside see the relief coming and decide to partake of it peacefully, laying down any arms they've picked up.
It's tornado country up here, so windstorms causing devastation are not unheard of. They don't usually get as large or as powerful as Katrina was, but they can still shred anything they feel like. It's scary, and that's without me watching any moving images. The static ones are more than enough.
Some see it as a terribly clear indication of the ideology going horribly, horribly, wrong. I'm still caught between malice and incompetence. The incompetence is getting to the point where you have to wonder whether someone can accidentally fuck things up this bad. And much like how he reacted to the terrorist attack, G.W. Bush was supposedly strumming guitar, not looking particularly somber, and as his way of saying hello, simply flew over the area. The Congress did authorize an emergency spending bill, but there's a lot of the feeling of "too little, too late, asshole." The private donations are quite large, and they continue to pour in. They may not be able to arrive, if the situation inside is deemed too dangerous for them. I suspect there are probably more than a few people willing to take the risk of going in to save lives. I can only hope that those kinds of people inside see the relief coming and decide to partake of it peacefully, laying down any arms they've picked up.
It's tornado country up here, so windstorms causing devastation are not unheard of. They don't usually get as large or as powerful as Katrina was, but they can still shred anything they feel like. It's scary, and that's without me watching any moving images. The static ones are more than enough.
