jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>I don't think malice was overtly at work here. Fuckupery sums it alright. Benign neglect is another way to view it however.
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That's the Bush koan, isn't it?
"Are they fools or knaves?"
The question is resolved by two words "Criminal negligence."
If, that is, you believe that government exists to protect the people and is anything other than a form of official looting.
From the standpoint of neoliberalism, govt exists to support Capital and to wage war. (Perhaps I'm being redundant here.) It has found its perfect icon in New Orleans.
Joanna