Preznit to stage photo op in NOLA for Katrina anniversary

Preznit plans to mark Katrina anniversary

President Bush will be in New Orleans on Wednesday to observe the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the White House has announced.

Some reactions in the Times Picayuane:

Well this news just made my whole day complete, aaaarrrrggggg! Why don't we all just line the streets with our beloved Amercan flag turned upside down in the international sign of DISTRESS!

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Honeslty, that last thing the people of this city need, with all the frustration of this rebuilding is for W to tie up traffic for hours so that he can have a photo op in some secret location with some probably bussed in supporters...perhaps I'm cynical.

Be sure to read Digby's articles Katrina: Slow As Molasses and Katrina: "It's The Blacks" over at the Big Con.

CREW report details US refusals of foreign aid after Katrina

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the most comprehensive matrix available to date detailing all offers of assistance from around the world in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

CREW’s matrix is based on 25,000 Department of State (DOS) documents it received as a result of a lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act in December 2005 for records relating to the federal government’s handling and acceptance of international offers of aid after Hurricane Katrina.

The matrix includes all international offers, whether they were rejected or accepted and the reasons why, if available. The documents reveal a number of disturbing responses to offers from 145 countries and 12 international organizations from around the world.

Another email responding to an offer from Argentina to DOS officials reads “All, The (sic) word here is that doctors of any kind are in the 'forget about it' category. Human assistance of any kind is not on our priorities list....It’s all about goods, not people, at this point.”

Sums up the bu$h Crime Family quite well.