Tom Ridge said Katrina was 'biblical'

[ensho]

he was on Wash. Journal this a.m.

said the other hurricanes were just hurricanes but Katrina was biblical. that the neo cons did their best considering Katrina was biblical.

oh please...

[notadmblnd]

1. Yeah, they did their best cake eating and partying

[Eric J in MN]

2. The problem wasn't the water.

The problem was police and soldiers stopping people from leaving New Orleans.

[jmowreader]

4. And from preventing relief workers from entering New Orleans

Heckuva job, Brownie!

[wryter2000]

3. Oh, great

Blame God for your failings now. A-hole.

[theoldman]

5. There is term " Biblical " used to describe something big and unusual.

I have heard it used many times. It does not mean an act of God.

[ensho]

7. pashaw

nt

[sandnsea]

11. Agreed, but it's still no excuse

We've had "biblical" events in this country before, earthquakes, the 1993 Mississippi flood. The response to Katrina was classic Republican ideology which is why it's been so horrific.

[Hekate]

12. I understand. But coming from a Bushite it has the resonance of "punishment from God" ...

... sad to say. Under the tender mercies of the Bush Cabal, the terms "Biblical" and "Act of God" took on a much more primitive meaning.

Hekate

[imdjh]

6. DId he mean "of Biblical proportions" or "Punishment by God"?

[undeterred]

8. Did he have a girlfriend named Katrina?

I figure that's what these guys would say about a woman they liked.

[sandnsea]

9. The 1993 Mississippi Flood was "biblical" too

We didn't have people stranded on roof tops for days during that one.

[liberal N proud]

10. Still selling bullshit

I can't believe even they believe that.

[BOSSHOG]

13. I agree tom, we lived through the bitch

which seemed to do her dirty work forever and I thought the world had ended BUT neocons did not do good work tom.

[steelmania75]

14. How was it biblical?

Storms just happen, but the damage could've been prevented.