Ignorant and incompetent--understatement is all we have

Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the morning of Monday, August 29. On the evening of Thursday, September 1--3 1/2 days later--George W. Bush, riding in a helicopter, watched DVD's of the Katrina news coverage made for him by a staff member in an effort to help Bush understand that the storm had created a major disaster.

During our evacuation, we were shocked when, at mid-week, we heard tennis star Venus Williams say she didn't know anything about what was happening on the Gulf Coast. But she had company--the alleged leader of the free world, still wiping birthday cake icing from his chin--was clueless, despite, he says, knowing there was "a storm comin'."