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Post analysis reveals many things we may learn from the catastrophe of Katrina. It is now February of 2009 and new catastrophes are occurring in many forms and the Kentucky extreme cold weather storm may serve as a good comparative incident. It is true that the Kentucky incidence of extreme cold is not quite the size of Katrina in Louisiana. That may imply that response to the incident may be easier than in the case of Katrina. However, we find that over ten people have died and that it took up to ten days for a national emergency be declared in the case of the Kentucky cold weather incident. While the Bush administration was criticized even on the first day of the Katrina incident by the liberal media it took Obama over ten days to make his national emergency declaration. The answer points to the political distortion of the liberal media.

In the case of Katrina even FOX cable news joined in the criticism of the Bush administration and one can hardly forget the "Cat on a tin roof" performances of Hiraldo and Shepard Smith. Hiraldo saw a man carrying a black baby and did a close Al Jolsen imitation repeating over and over again, "He's just a little bitty baby", "He's just a little bitty baby" ad infinitum as the baby was asleep in the man's arms. Of course Hiraldo was near tears during this outburst. Shepard Smith, not to be outdone by this performance attempt for an academy award, stood on a freeway overpass near the Super Bowl, surrounded by the flood waters which made the freeways impassable to busses and autos and he shouted over and over again, "Where are the busses?", "Where are the busses?". Someone should have sent him a note that busses and autos are not boats and therefore could not navigate the flooded freeway system in low downtown areas.

What ensued was a liberal media blitz on the Bush administration and their efforts to respond to the act of God which visited New Orleans on that day and time. So one of the lessons should be learned is that these catastrophes are accompanied by contrived media bias with political motives rendering media reporting inaccurate. Currently the Kentucky catastrophe is barely reported by the media and Obama has not responded for over ten days. In fact, Obama has not even mentioned the incident.

We also should learn that when some acts of God occur the government will take some time to react to try to correct the incident by taking care of its citizens in the areas of incidence. This is true for liberals and conservatives.

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