Katrina- World press response

[Naomi]

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Bravus said:

I do think that going into that area at this time and (a) reminisicng about his younger dyas partying there, ( telling Mr Brown that he's 'doing a heck of a job' when he's so clearly been deeply and probably fatally incompetent and © thinking about sitting on the porch of multimillionaire Trent Lott's house when it's rebuilt is just inappropriate. Not because I hate Bush - anyone who did those things at this time would be inappropriate.

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Bravus,

It may have been in poor taste for President Bush to have spoken the words. Seeing the destruction, brings back memories. I have to tell you that as I watched the drama unfold, clip by clip, I remembered wonderful days in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast area ... the good times. And, when I saw the areas where some beautiful homes in which I have been entertained destroyed, I wondered about the probability of their being rebuilt. Thinking about the time when it would be possible return.

When a friend who is a "native" telephoned this week and sadly said, "We'll never be able to enjoy The Quarter" again. I told her that I knew it would never be the same, that it would be newer, safer and better. How can we not give courage and hope to those who have lost a big piece or their life?

If, I, as an ordinary person had those thoughts why wouldn't GWB? Is it wrong to remember past good memories and share hope and probability of a brighter new future?

Naomi