La Corto con Katrina

Con este post, tengo la sana intención de cortarla con Katrina de una vez por todas. Pareciera que no hay otro tema en el mundo. Dado el cortísimo rango de atención de la valiente muchachada progre, estoy seguro que dentro de una semana estarán hablando de otras culpas de Bush.

Este es el punto de vista de Xavier Sala I Martín (visto en Barcepundit):

NI LA INEFICACIA DE los políticos es monopolio de EE.UU. ni la ineptitud de un gobierno justifica celebrar la desgracia de sus ciudadanos

Actualización:
No lo puedo dejar pasar.

Otra de Víctor Gonzalez, que todos los meses recibe un cheque del Partido Republicano:

Many in the media are turning their eyes toward the federal government, rather than considering the culpability of city and state officials. I am fully aware of the challenges of having a quick and responsive emergency response to a major disaster. And there is definitely a time for accountability; but what isn't fair is to dump on the federal officials and avoid those most responsible--local and state officials who failed to do their job as the first responders. The plain fact is, lives were needlessly lost in New Orleans due to the failure of Louisiana's governor, Kathleen Blanco, and the city's mayor, Ray Nagin.

The primary responsibility for dealing with emergencies does not belong to the federal government. It belongs to local and state officials who are charged by law with the management of the crucial first response to disasters. First response should be carried out by local and state emergency personnel under the supervision of the state governor and his emergency operations center.

The actions and inactions of Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin are a national disgrace due to their failure to implement the previously established evacuation plans of the state and city. Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin cannot claim that they were surprised by the extent of the damage and the need to evacuate so many people. Detailed written plans were already in place to evacuate more than a million people. The plans projected that 300,000 people would need transportation in the event of a hurricane like Katrina. If the plans had been implemented, thousands of lives would likely have been saved.