I haven't been able to think of a thing to say since the mothership went down and the planet of origin was washed out of the sky. Family and friends in the diaspora check in from all over: Dallas, Houston, Marksville, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Virginia, Illinois, Madison, and of course, Baton Rouge.
We are angry and sad with them. We watched CNN like it was local news. We read nola.com and wdsu.com and wwltv.com and look at every picture.
"The worst storm in our history proved perfect for exposing this president because in one big blast it illuminated all his failings: the rampant cronyism, the empty sloganeering of "compassionate conservatism," the lack of concern for the "underprivileged" his mother condescended to at the Astrodome, the reckless lack of planning for all government operations except tax cuts, the use of spin and photo-ops to camouflage failure and to substitute for action."
-- Frank Rich in NY Times Magazine.
Reading: on the treadmill: Freakonomics; on bedside table: The World is Flat; on the coffee table: Head First Design Patterns.
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