Cape Karen
Isn't hindsight wonderful? We learn so much when we look back. It's too bad we don't come equipped with a built-in rear view mirror we could all look into whenever we need to avoid making past mistakes.
Sadly, all we seem to have these days is hindsight; the ability to learn after-the-fact.
That doesn't mean we do learn from past behaviors or mistakes - it just means we could, if we really wanted to. We are seeing that potential ability displayed now. What will we learn after the facts are all in? Truth or consequences?
Speaking of consequences, they fired Michael Brown from FEMA yesterday. Oh, but not really - they have now just put him in another government position where he can continue to display his lack of experience and incompetence. Makes sense to me! I think it's called in these parts, the 'good old boy' network.
Katrina has spoken and the winds of change are whirling around us. Will there be an improvement over what we have just seen? Or will our bureaucrats just continue to display their inability to do anything right the first time?
Give those 'good old boys' a big rear-view mirror, 
but be sure to tell them that objects viewed in the mirror may appear to be closer than they are; otherwise, they may over-react the next time there is a crisis and do something equally incompetent.
It sure helps me to sleep at night, knowing we are all in such good hands.
Posted by Karen at September 10, 2005 11:21 AM