ten: america's disgrace

today was such a beautiful day that i refuse to turn on the tv. i'm so sick of seeing what is happening in louisiana and mississipi. i have been glued to the tv in the past week and it is as if this horror only gets worse. 9/11 was pretty spectacular and shocked me a lot. but this disaster is just beyond words. especially the aftermath. i just read some things on www. destandaard.be and i was surprised to read all kinds of things that they don't mention on television here. it's really weird how the newspapers in the rest of the world focus on other things.

the news really is not critical enough here. they let people speak their minds but the reporters will never openly question the mistakes that the government is making. i don't understand that at all. the only things journalists and news anchor say is how shocked they are etc... they really never ever talk about things that are on the mind of people. sure they invite speakers who will talk about the fact that it would have been different if it were a rich white area that was flooded, but they just let that person speak their minds and that's it. they don't confront leaders with those remarks.

i just don't understand how it took them so long to go rescue. it really think it's a racist thing. I am so sure that it would have been different if it had happened in palm beach or malibu or martha's vineyard. but hey. the mayor of new orleans has become the coolest politician i know. i really like that guy. i loved the fact that he sweared life on the radio and blamed george bush.

oh well.