BAW: Commentary: Along with the Broken Levees Lies the Illusion of Dubya’s Competence

BAW: Commentary: Along with the Broken Levees Lies the Illusion of Dubya’s Competence: "That was us clinging to the debydrated babies and famished toddlers; us praying as the old woman’s leg continued to swell; us screaming out as the teenager with asthma gasped for life; us wondering why the troops and cops could bring guns and nightsticks but not bottles of water.

Whether we were New Orleanians or not -- whether we’d ever been there or not -- was beside the point. As black Americans, we identified with the brothers and sisters holding onto false promises and being fed nothing for days and days but lame excuses."