Shame on you America

Eugene Robinson of the Washington post says it far more eloquently than I could hope to, however the link is to a mirror as the WP site requires registration to read articles.  If you are a registered user, then check it out there:

More infuriating than anything President Bush said in his State of the Union address was what he didn’t say.  Congress and the nation heard nothing, zilch, nada, not a single, solitary word about New Orleans, the Gulf Coast and the devastation that remains from the worst natural disaster in United States history.

He goes on to say

That night, Bush promised that “we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities.” He vowed that “this great city will rise again.”

What kind of president can see one of the nation’s greatest, most historic cities ruined, and not make its rebirth his highest priority?

What kind of president gives a State of the Union and doesn’t even mention New Orleans?

What kind of nation lets this happen?  Are you all too consumed with tech lust for Wii, Iphone & Vista?