Kanye
At least he's one of the few famous people being honest with the media about it right now.
No one expected 9/11, and it took less than five days to see a response from America. No one expected the tsunami, and again, America responded as soon as possible (in less than five days). MANY of our troops, including National Guard, are over in Iraq right now doing many of the things that should have been done in New Orleans on Wednesday. We shouldn't be JUST NOW getting them relief and getting buses to the people in the Superdome. Even if they weren't prepared, a much quicker reaction was needed. The presence of the president, congress, and other political leaders was needed. Rescue missions were needed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Relief efforts should have been seen on Tuesday and Wednesday. NONE of this was seen until yesterday. Those people in N.O. (and in other parts of the Gulf that was destroyed) feel ignored and abandoned. Kanye spoke from the heart and felt like Bush ignored and abandoned those people - poor Blacks who didn't have the means to get out before the storm hit. After only coming in on Friday, having some nice photo-ops, and only a few hours ago signing into law $10.5 billion dollar relief, these people are NOT justified in probably thinking that their government doesn't care?
The way this was handled is truly an embarassment for our country, not only because the rest of the world is wondering why the response has been so slow, but because they see the racial factor - and class factor - in this as well.
