Par For The Course

Bush might as well be playing golf what with his pathetic response to the Katrina devastation, and its aftermath in New Orleans.

But this is par for the course for him.

It took about five days for Bush to make a public statement regarding the Asian Tsunami late last year. The initial U.S. aid was insulting to all Americans who looked for their leadership to make a statement worthy of our wealth.

When New York was under attack he was like a deer in the headlights, unable to react, unsure what to do, and now he's over compensated because it serves the purposes of his personal interests and that of his oil baron buddies.

Yes, we've now seen photos of him looking out an airplane window in his "I am engaged and active" blue jacket. However, that's Air Force One he is in, on his way to Washington, D.C. He isn't flying around with emergency personnel on the scene making his own assessment of the catastrophe that has befallen the people of New Orleans. Not enough Caucasian Americans in that area probably. African-Americans don't vote for him (and why the hell should they!) - so they don't matter.

So much for supporting the red staters of Louisiana! Can't imagine how he'd react if such a thing happened to Seattle, blue bastion of the Pacific Northwest. Then again, more Caucasian Americans live in this area, so maybe he'd care more.

This is a big black eye for Bush, and we should all be taking notes so we do not forget how yet again this President was so far behind the pulse of the rest of the nation.

We need a change of leadership, and it can start as soon as the next elections.