Thursday, October 3, 2024

Another US land grab?

Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans on August 29, 2005. I remember it well, because that's my birthday ... which I share with then Senator John McCain. Of course we celebrated it differently. I was living in a homeless shelter and he was having cake with sitting President George W. Bush. The deliberate neglect of the people affected by it was mind-boggling. Help was turned away. Communication lines were cut. There was a concerted effort to clear the 9th ward. Frankly, that's what Ashville, NC reminds me of. It also reminds me of Lahaina, HI and East Palestine, OH. This lady, from Squirrel Tribe, has done a lot of work on the train derailment. Here's what she has to say about Asheville, and what reallygraceful has to say about what's going on in Georgia (again with the orange smoke!):