Stunning photos and commentary - you do need to scroll all the way through it
http://operationeden.blogspot.com/
by
clayton cubitt
A personal chronicle of what hurricane Katrina
has done to my poor proud people.
Scroll all the way to the bottom, and travel with me through this.
And that's how it works. Your government is a mandarin class of tan
Docker-clad elites, shuttling in SUVs from anonymous office parks to
anonymous exurbs, windows rolled up, AC on full blast, Amy Grant on the
CD changer. They insulate themselves from contact with the public, who
they theoretically work for, with a phalanx of minimum-wage call center
operators, and mega-tiered automated voicemail prompts and Byzantine
organizational structures. You will never ever be able to talk with a
person who can make any decision to help you. You will only hear "No",
or maybe, if the drone you're in contact with still has some residual
soul, you'll hear "I'm so sorry, I wish I could help, but I'm not
authorized."
FEMA is doing nothing for the victims of Katrina.
FEMA is nowhere near here. Official-looking FEMA shirts and hats are
everywhere, worn on the backs and heads of earnest-looking sunburnt
middle-aged men, often with moustaches and Oakleys. Imagine a
fly-fisher, now put a navy blue FEMA shirt on him. But you soon realize
that it's only a shirt. These are just drones. Dispatched by the
mandarins to appear caring. These are usually local volunteers given
two hours training and that official FEMA gear, and sent out to give
people the 800 number by which you can file a new claim.
- September 16th entry
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