Ignorance and abdication that amounts to madness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1570243,00.html
All political leaders sometimes parry with the truth, but with Bush the
disconnections are systematic
John Berger
Thursday September 15, 2005
The Guardian
As a consequence of the catastrophe that occurred in New Orleans,
people in the US and throughout the world have started to re-examine
the record of the present leaders of the first world superpower. A
shift in opinion has taken place almost overnight. History, throwing us
all back into our seats, suddenly opened its throttle.
Katrina - everyone refers to the hurricane by her name as if she were
some kind of avatar - revealed that there is dire and increasing
poverty in the US, that black people are typically treated as unwanted
second-class citizens, that the systematic cutting of government
investment in public institutions has produced widespread social
disequilibrium and destitution (40 million Americans live without any
aid if they fall ill), that the so-called war against terrorism is
creating administrative chaos, and that within and against all this,
voices of protest are being raised loud and clear.
John Berger
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/67c6055968938a9d
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