Quotes

"So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway ... so this is working very well for them."

According to this NY Times article, that's a quote from W's mother.

What?!

She says they want to stay in Houston and are overwhelmed by the hospitality. Well, of course they want to stay in Houston. Aren't their homes, like, under water? Or surrounded by toxic waters because of all the people who died? And overwhelmed by hospitality? I think, having gone through a disaster, people are glad for any sort of welcoming hospitality and very grateful that they aren't stuck in New Orleans!

The headline on the article was "Barbara Bush Calls Evacuees Better Off." Well, sure, maybe some of the ones who got out are living in better conditions than they did before. But what about all the people who couldn't get out? All the ones who died? And the undertone of the quotes, to me, is like saying, "stop complaining about the administration's response, look at these evacuees we got out of the area, they're doing so well now, they should be grateful the hurricane hit so they could live better." Yeah, again - what about all the people who had to die?

Argh. I have to remember that I'm not supposed to read real news.