When the Levees Broke


I saw the first part of Spike Lee's documentary last night and it was impressive and sad. If you have HBO I highly recommend that you catch the 2nd part tonight. Many parts stand out especially the montage of all the dead bodies around the city, but the part that sticks out most in my mind is the story told by CNN anchor Soledad o'Brien. She's interviewing Michael Brown(aka Brownie)and she's shocked that Mr. Brown has absolutely no idea what's going on in New Orleans and how out of touch he is with the situation. She then goes on to say that she had better intelligence about the situation than Brownie and the rest of the U.S. government. The catch is that Soledad's "intelligence" was prepared by her 23 year old production assistant! It is also shameful to hear what Bush's top dogs were doing in the first few days after the hurricane hit. Condi buying expensive shoes and playing tennis with Monica Seles? Sad. Sad. Sad.