Beyond Furious

If anyone's been wondering why I've not had anything to say about the adminstration, or its woeful response, or its misguided priorities, or its callous-eat-cake-play-guitar-buy-$3000-shoes-while-babies-are-dying-in-the-street attitude, or its foul-minded, craven, soulless defenders, it's because

I AM SO ANGRY I AM ABOUT TO PROJECTILE VOMIT WITH RAGE.

I haven't been anywhere near this furious since the 2004 election. I didn't know it would be possible to be any more enraged. Now I do. And every freakin' day it gets worse.

God fucking damn them all to hell.

Comments

[Chris Clarke]

(o)

[Rana]

Thank you. When I'm not about to vomit, I want to go fetal with grief.

How on earth could things get this horrifyingly bad? It's like some sci-fi apocalyptic novel or something. :(

[Chris Clarke]

I've been restraining myself all day from writing things that would earn me a visit from the Secret Service.

And of course the abject stupidity of the right just ratchets up a notch. A couple years ago we said "We will see flooding of major coastal cities within a few years " and they called us Cassandras. Now we've had flooding of a major coastal city and we're called nuts if we point out that it might have been easier on us if a few critical pieces of the environment - natural and built - had been preserved.

I hope those who objected to your little rant last Election Day take a little time out from bashing Black people for stealing bottled water to reflect on the consequences of their actions. I recognize that I fall perilously close to your first category of people pissing you off from yesterday's post. But I can't help it.

[Phantom Scribbler]

I think in a lot of ways this is a thousand times worse than 9/11. Then we could all rally ourselves together against an enemy -- there was a "them" to define "us."

With Katrina, we have seen the enemy, and it IS us. It took 3 days for an American city to become an apocalypse -- as bad or worse than Indonesia after the tsunami. How can any of us go on believing that we have any shining examples for other countries to follow?

[ianqui]

Very eloquent in your sparseness, both Rana and PS.

The only other time I felt this angry was after I saw">http://ianqui.blogspot.com/2004/10/guantanamo.html">saw the play Guantanamo. I couldn't stop crying for 15 mintues. That's what happened as I was watching the NBC report on the situation tonight.

[KathyF]

I don't think the Secret Service can come for all of us, Chris.

I'm up late watching CNN, Anderson Cooper was fantastic. I'm literally in tears.

Bush needs to do the honorable thing and resign.

Before I take out his ass.

[Amanda]

(o)

[Angry Pregnant Lawyer]

I hear ya, Rana. Know that you're not alone in your anger.

[Laura (geekymom)]

Ditto. What is wrong with this administration?!

[DM]

Yes, indeed. They have shown us how well they can really handle a serious national/natural disaster. If there is anyone out there who still thinks the Bushies are fit to protect us from our "enemies", then they should spend a few days down in New Orleans.

I share your rage.

[russianviolets]

Unbe-fucking-lievable. I think they've really sunk to a new low -- even for them.

[psycgirl]

I was just cruising blogs tonight - and wow, does it ever make me feel better to see people who are seeing red as much as I am. I can't watch the news without wanting to punch something. And I didn't cry until I read the story about the little boy who cried so hard he vomited after a police officer took his dog Snowball away as he got on a bus for Houston. My god. Complete teary snot nosed break down.

[Rana]

Chris - your anger comes from a good place -- you're not who I was complaining about, not at all.

PS - I hadn't thought about it that way, and you are so so right. God help us all.

The only thing that is keeping me sane in all of this is knowing that all of you guys, and other folks in the blogosphere, are feeling similar things -- that I'm not just some crazy screaming and crying lady wondering what the hell's gone wrong.

I am trying not to think about how much work will be needed to fix things, and how much _can't_ be fixed. It's too much right now.

[jo(e)]

Yeah, I watched some of the coverage last night and an interview with Bush that just made me want to scream.

I feel angry and helpless to do anything about it.

[KathyR]

Is it a felony to just fervently wish that someone else takes out these bastards? If it is, I expect to hear a bullhorn out front shortly.

[Cleis]

Right there with ya, babe.

[Rana]

jo(e) -- angry and helpless is exactly it. The people I am furious at are insulated by power and money and distance, and our stand-ins aren't doing nearly enough. GRRRRR.

KathyR -- you're not the only one. I'll keep you company if they come for us.

Cleis - thanks.

[Jane Dark]

I want to revolt.

Even the fact that my school will be hosting a bunch of students from Tulane and other schools "for as long as necessary" doesn't do anything to quell my frustrations -- and it should -- that's sad.

[Jane Dark]

A question: I've had to suddenly restructure one of the seminars I'm teaching this fall that'll actually be focused on defining social problems -- and everything that's happening this week is going to make a huge difference in the mood of the course.

Are there any signs that the administration's botched handling of Katrina is serving as a common ground for liberal and conservative bloggers? I heard somewhere recently that Bush's approval rating had slipped to 40%...so it seems as though there *should* be new grounds for conversation rather than friction.

I'm going out to look for that now in the blogroll...but if anyone else is already seeing it, I'd love to know about it.

[Chris Clarke]

Can I also just say that the notion of projectile vomiting with rage seems like it could be very useful?

[Rana]

Heh.

Jane, I haven't seen such conversations at the moment, admittedly because I'm seeking out blogs that share my feelings of raw horror, grief and outrage. One thread that may develop is the question of what government is or is not good for, and how the different ends of the spectrum might look at that question. (It's interesting to note that there can be a clear distinction drawn between the old-style conservatives who tended to view government as a necessary evil, and the newer rightwing that views it as an unnecessary evil, to be destroyed entirely.) Another one that's coming out is the question of what the nation's responsibilities to any one city or region might be (with specific reference to the Gulf Coast and rebuilding New Orleans, obviously); are localities to be subsidized by the greater body politic, or not, and to what extent if so? What are the costs/benefits of such support? (Which would tie in with the whole blue-states-as-taxpayers, red-states-as-taxusers issue.)