A Letter to Hart Williams

Hart Williams is a brilliant learned curmudgeon who lives in Eugene, Oregon and writes a blog that is lucid and true about Our Stupid President. Go read it here. I wrote him a quick note tonight.

Dear Hart:

Before I settle into bed with my laptop on my...lap, to read your latest posting, I just want to say that I'm glad there are still some people out there, like yourself, who are still flogging a dead horse on this issue. I am absolutely, totally, utterly appalled by what happened and is stilll (if you believe ANSWER) is still happening in New Orleans. This is by far the most obviously shameful thing that has happened in America since we invaded Iraq....as I've been saying to folks around here, "It's all fun and games to have an idiot President - until people starting getting hurt," and it's just grotesque what happened down there.

I have a friend who is a schoolteacher for sixth and seventh graders, and they had an open discussion about New Orleans for two hours the other day, and she was heartbroken. "They're so pissed and angry and afraid. They're completely convinced that if something like that happened in Albuquerque that President Bush would leave them to die." It's absolutely awful that this CHILD gets to be in charge of anything, much less...us.