Tom Delay, representative from Texas, has been complaining about local officials in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

            He says Hurricane Katrina is their fault.

            Why is Tom Delay saying these things?

            He is afraid.

            Across the nation phone calls offering support and volunteers to national organizations like the Red Cross are met with this response : ‘No thanks, we don’t need any help, but we’ll take money.’

            Donations pour in and Americans are still being evacuated from the Gulf Coast and resettled around the nation.  The local officials in Louisiana have put out a call for assistance and goods.  Why are national agencies not helping?

            Hundreds of thousands of Americans are helping their neighbors Tom Delay and the Bush Administration don’t seem to be among them.

            Just after the storm passed two Navy pilots brought food and water to a damaged base in Mississippi and then answered a Coast Guard call for help in New Orleans.  They labored over 14 hours and rescued 110 people.  When they arrived back at base they were reprimanded.

            Back to those local officials – Tom Delay has led the effort by the Bush Administration to keep money away from engineering projects in New Orleans for years while showering federal money on bus stops in Alaska.  The Bush Administration has most of the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama National Guard in Iraq getting shot at.

            Lt. David Shand and Lt. Matt Udkow are American heroes.

            Tom Delay and President Bush do not deserve the respect due their office.