who the hell's driving this thing?

daily kos gets the blue ribbon today for providing the best information on my most recent source of mute, blinding rage: the united states' refusal to accept aid from outside or independent sources, the most dumbfounding of all, to me, being the stubborn and inane unwillingness of government organizations within the united states to let the red cross, which exists for the sole purpose of providing disaster relief, into disaster-stricken areas in order to provide relief. in particular, check out steve rose's diary comments. they're, um... enlightening.

you'd think one of bush's lackeys would have realized by now what a killer photo op it would be to have him distributing aquafina and wonder bread in a red cross jacket. if they could find a way to convincingly stage a reconstruction effort, i'm sure they could round up a circle of disheveled, grateful-looking kids for him to paste band-aids on and hand out cookies to.

jerks.