The Right Thing

Finally, someone accepts responsibility for the Katrina disaster and unsuprising it's President Bush. Technically, it wasn't even his fault. The hurricane management was initially the state's responsibility and FEMA's. But it fucked up so badly, no one wanted to take the blame. Even the head of FEMA, Brown, just resigned over the mismanagement of hurricane Katrina. No public apology or anything. Just disappears of the face of the US.

This is just stupid and selfish. When something goes wrong or the shit hits the fan, and you're responsible you have to take the blame and face the music. Sometimes, you have to take one for the team and say straight out "It was me. It was my fault. I screwed up. Sorry" You don't keep saying everything's all right. This is actually one of the few things that I admire Bush. He's taken the proverbial bullet and now people are going to be pissed off at him, because he's taken responsibility. He may a controversial President, but he has guts and did the right thing.

At least the good thing here is that the hurricane revealed weakness and gave everyone around the world a little slap in the face. You have to wonder whether Australia could handle a hurricane disaster or terrorist attack. Howard wants to have these new laws where Aussie security guards and bouncers will be first-responders to a terrorist attack. I'm not sure about the bouncers though. Won't they seal off the area, but still let the ladies in? To me that's not a really good idea. It's probably better to get pros.