EMAIL OF THE DAY

“In the aftermath of the disaster in New Orleans, I honestly thought we would be wowed by the federal response. This seemed the perfect opportunity for the administration to showcase the training Homeland Security has coordinated over the past four years. The disaster, after all, is not so different from a terrorist attack. A dirty bomb would leave much the same refugee concerns. And while there had been much noise over the possiblity of terrorists blowing up dams, it couldn’t have escaped the authorities’ attention that someone could blow a hole in New Orleans’ levees. But I sit back now and watch the devastation escalate, and I keep asking myself: What exactly have they been doing for the past four years?” I’m asking the same question; and my anger wells up.