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response to the death, destruction and dislocation that followed upon Hurricane Katrina comes t he news of his mother's Labor Day visit with hurricane evacuees at the A strodome in Houston. Commenting on the facilities that have been set up for the evacuees -- co ts crammed side-by-side in a huge stadium where the lights never go out and the sound of sobbing children never completely ceases -- former Firs t Lady Barbara Bush concluded that the poor people of New Orleans had lu cked out. And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this, this is working very well for them," Mrs Bush told American Public Media's "Marketplace" program, before returning to her multi-million dollar Hous ton home. On the tape of the interview, Mrs Bush chuckles audibly as she observes just how great things are going for families that are separated from lov ed ones, people who have been forced to abandon their homes and the only community where they have ever lived, and parents who are explaining to children that their pets, their toys and in some cases their friends ma y be lost forever. Perhaps the former first lady was amusing herself wit h the notion that evacuees without bread could eat cake. At the very least, she was expressing a measure of empathy commensurate w ith that evidenced by her son during his fly-ins for disaster-zone photo opportunities.
Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown. As thousands of victims of the hurricane continued to plead for food, water, shelter , medical care and a way out of the nightmare to which federal neglect h ad consigned them, Brown cheerily announced that "people are getting the help they need." Barbara Bush's son put his arm around the addled FEMA functionary and dec lared, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." Even when a hurricane hits, the apple does not fall far from the tree.
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