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America's Dirty Little Secret

And where are the Democrats when Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has the nerve to say "Maybe New Orleans shouldn't be rebuilt." AWOL, as usual.

The Pentagon is upset because reporters who are on the scene have more sympathy for the victims than they do for the government. It's not surprising ' they are actually there, unlike the politicians and the rest of this pathetic excuse for a representative government. I heard Bush had Air Force One buzz the scene yesterday so he could get a look at the devastation. A real President would find a way to shoulder some of the burden the people he represents are experiencing by landing the fucking plane somewhere and helping with the relief effort.

This terrible tragedy has the chance of becoming a watershed moment in our country's political history. The poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer and this disaster shows the true extent of the gulf between the two. Finally we are able to see how the government reacts when there is no enemy to fight but nature itself and a bunch of poor black people who couldn't afford to put gas in their cars so they could leave (if they had cars), are the victims. It's hard to make political points or spin the story in a situation as horrifying as this, but the Government hacks are already trying.

Maybe if we had not sent all the Louisiana National Guard troops to fight in Iraq, things would be different. Maybe if the state and Federal Government had listened to the predictions of what would happen when a Category 5 hurricane hit New Orleans, things would be different. Maybe if the smug, self-satisfied, Administration toadies who rant and rave about the "sanctity of life" actually believed it, things would be different.

Maybes don't mean much now but it's pretty obvious a change has got to come in how this country treats its poorest citizens.

Finally our Dirty Little Secret has been revealed in front of the whole nation and it's now become the big, fat, elephant in the room.

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As an award-winning writer/reporter for the Taconic Press, Robert Lachman helped elect the first new mayor in Millbrook NY in 15 years, exposed illegal town judges in Dutchess County NY who had not filed their oaths of office with the County Clerk's office and, as the Millbrook reporter, was instrumental in helping the citizens of Millbrook get a new high school. He has written theater, film and DVD reviews for the Taconic Press' Weekend Magazine

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