Hurrican Katrina and her critics:):):)...

kanyewestisastupidasshole posts a really interesting article this morning from the Globe and Mail on his/her blog linked to the comments on the Time Magazine cover story on my Blogspot blog:):)...and is does seem that Kanye West is being something of an asshole:):):)...

Kanye West takes Bush to task during NBC telethon

I am concerned about the "shoot to kill" kinds of comments that are being made around looting in New Orleans and those surrounding areas right now, which Kanye makes mention of...he is right in the sense that many people -- black and white -- are just looking to get needs met in the midst of the chaos that is post-Katrina in those areas hit...

But the idea that help or lack of it is racist in any intentional way is a sad exploitation of this terrible situation for political purposes...

It's so funny...the longer I do politics...the less centered I am in it...and the more silly it seems to me people who are too centered in political interpretation of events rather than just human interpretations of human events...

The situation in Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama and Florida and the Bahamas and all the places effected is a terrible tragedy for a lot of people, right now...

But it's nooone's fault...it just happened...and now everyone is doint their best to help pick up the pieces...including the President...who's doing a fairly nice job of it, right now, I think...more can always be done, obviously...but President Bush and President Clinton and President George Bush Sr. and all kinds of people, in America and around the world, right now, are doing their best to respond to this terrible crisis as quickly and as calmly as they can amidst chaos that needs calm to resolve it more peacefully and constructively...

The President is doing just fine...and he and we all need each others' support, right now...not endless and fruitless bickering about who gets help first...in fact, the President's calm is very reassuring, right now...he's made comments (that I haven't been able to locate again) which were very reassuring to me that he is both doing everything he can in Iraq...and that he is learning, better, about the pressures that come with making all the hard calls...

The country needs and is trying to come together around this, right now...and this kind of nonsense is counterproductive...and hurts our ability to help people as much and as quickly as possible...

The President is doing everything he can...and so is everyone else...to help everyone who needs it...in the midst of this crisis...

And what we need, right now...is calmer heads and hearts...as they do everything they can to deal with the devastation...and get everyone to safer ground as quickly as possible:):)...

Have a great day, everyone:):)...

Love,
Ben