I was disgusted and angered by the debacle that followed Hurricane Katrina, though along with everyone else this receded as Life continued to present, like flashcards to a student, other events to consider. In Thursday’s radio news I heard that the committee investigating the Katrina problems released the jocular emails that Michael Brown sent just prior to the storm’s landfall. What I heard re-ignited my outrage. Brown is a paragon of The Peter Principle (as is Dubya). Out came a canvas, paint, and lots of magazines, including many issues of Newsweek. This collage expresses (I hope) my disposition on the matter. If you click on the photo you can go to a larger version on Flickr so you can see the what Brown and Bush are saying.
Click on the photo to see the original size in order to read the small text.
i did an angry political type collage last year. it’s kinda cathartic. love the dog with the bush head. 🙂
I was quite upset by an recent article dealing with the earthquake in Pakistan.
The article boasted proudly that WITHIN 24 HOURS of the earthquake, American C-130 transports were already landing at Pakistani airstrips with over 90 tons of supplies. Medicines, blankets, etc. Moreover, a dozen American helicopters — also transported by large cargo planes — were expected to land there WITHIN HOURS.
I remembered that Americans in New Orleans, five days after the hurricane, had NOTHING. No helicopters for them!
It is PATHETIC that citizens of a small country halfway around the world get instant and generous assistance, while our own citizens are left to die — with no food, no water, no evacuation.
What is wrong with this picture?
We definitely need a new hand of cards dealt out to us.