What happened/is happening down in New Orleans right now is a perfect example of what an utter failure Bush is and what bullshit his “defending America” rhetoric has been.

Consider this:

• New Orleans is (was) the #4 seaport in the US and thus a prime terrorist target.
• Bush and his Department of Homeland Security have taken protecting us from terrorist attack as their sacred duty and #1 priority.
• If terrorists wanted to strike a serious blow to US shipping, oil production, the economy and morale, drowning New Orleans would be an excellent way to do it.
• The surest way to drown New Orleans would be to blow holes in the levees surrounding it.
• Any Department of Homeland Security worth its salt would surely have plans in place to respond decisively if such an attack took place to minimize its impact.

I won’t connect the dots for you; I have faith that my readers are smart enough to do that on their own.

They’ve had four years — FOUR YEARS — to prepare for an emergency of this magnitude and this is what they’ve come up with? I can’t see how anyone, not even the most die-hard Kool-Aid drinker, can continue to have any confidence in this Administration after what we’ve seen in New Orleans.