Bush is travelling to Mississippi and Louisiana this week to capitalize on all he's supposedly doing to help the victims of Katrina. It wasn't, isn't, and probably never will be enough. Basically, according to the New York Times, he's more worried about his image than anything else. Which, to be honest, I can't disagree with, as much as I wish it wasn't true. Can't this guy - for one damned day at least - try to be president of *all* Americans, instead of just the rich, white, racist ones?
Yahoo! has a decent catch-all page for stories on the anniversary, as does NPR. Shouldn't we come up with another word for such things as commemorating a disaster? I like to think of anniversaries as a good thing. Anyway.
ThinkProgress has a timeline of events pertaining to Katrina and the thing the government calls it's response since the hurricane. ABC is carrying a story regarding the effectiveness of charities in the aftermath of the storm, whereas National Geographic covers the role of pets and the awful response to their needs (plus another story courtesy of Yahoo News.
In the end though, it comes back to people. People who went through hell and are still waiting for help. NPR tracks where the refugees went and how many still remain away from New Orleans. Weekend America has an audio interview with some Katrina victims they have been following over the past year.
Kuro5hin is carrying a post by a Gulf Coast resident that is pretty telling about how much was lost in the region.
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