Eye on Winer

After all of his bluster about how worthless the president is, now he echoes a NYT Op-Ed saying the president showed up too late. Too late for what? What was he going to do, spread his arms and part the flood waters like moses?

Then there’s this. Good lord. People die every day. That’s not to say that this is not a tragedy, but if you follow his ‘logic’ we should never do anything but sit around and morn the continual loss of life that is happening constantly all over the globe.

Yes, sports events are continuing. Classes are in session elsewhere. Commercials are running. There’s something on TV besides news coverage of the flood waters occasionally. The damage to the economy is already going to be great — if everyone in the country stops what they’re doing to grieve, it’ll be even worse and the country will be in no shape to help New Orleans.

And to say that this is worse than 9/11… to even sit around and draw comparisons… is simply foolish. They’re two entirely different things which have, and should have, entirely different effects on the national psyche. This was mother nature, not Osama. We knew she was coming. We’ve known this was coming for a long time. That doesn’t make it any easier, but we know that we are not under seige in random parts of the country for simply being prosperous. They’re not better or worse… just different.

And, in case he forgot, things DID go on right after 9/11. The same things. Commercials. Sports events. And so on.

In short: Dave Winer has his head up his ass. As usual.

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