Reality and Its Discontents

We know about politically-motivated photo-ops, but this is unconscionable. Kos sums it up: "This is absolutely the most fucked up thing ever done by this president, in a long list of fucked up things."

Marjorie Cohn reminds us:

Last September, a Category 5 hurricane battered the small island of Cuba with 160-mile-per-hour winds. More than 1.5 million Cubans were evacuated to higher ground ahead of the storm. Although the hurricane destroyed 20,000 houses, no one died.

Eli at leftiblog notes that even the Wall Street Journal suggested Cuba as a model for disaster preparedness.

If only Fidel had been in charge instead of FEMA.

Castro conquered Ivan.
Bush was bitch-slapped by Katrina.
No wonder he refuses to face Cindy.

For Bob Denver - RIP, little buddy