Katie, Katie, Katie-- go see a chiropractor for your neck problems.

And had George Bush mentioned Katrina I'll bet the MSM would have said he was exploiting the tragedy in order to try to bump up his sagging approval ratings. In fact, hasn't the MSM already done that to him in regards to a time he alluded to 911? Disgusting.

$80 billion and they're still pissed?  What has the democrat governor and Mr. Chocolate Town done with all that money? Where is the 60 Minutes investgation of the money trail of taxpayer dollars?

If I sat around and waited for the government to hold my hand and make everything better, I'd be pissed, too, just like that Bush hating old man.

But that's the attutude you get with decades of democrat control; people incapable of helping themselves.

Too bad the media didn't interview the Katrina victims of Mississippi. Ooops, that's right, no story there. Things are back to normal. That area is run by republicans.

Those poor, poor people of New Orleans. If only Bush said the word 'Katrina' in his State of the Union speech, then we'd blast him for trying to divert attention from Iraq. -Old MSM proverb

Ms Blanco When was the last time you were in St Tammany. You do realize they had a hurricane also. Ms Blanco, I understand cutting the funds for new construction in New Orleans. But why use it to build an arena in Morehouse Parish for lawnmore races rather than reparing the damages in New Orleans, Or St Bernard, Or Plaquamine or St Tammany or Jefferson. How about that new paneling in your office.

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”   H.L. Mencken

I see no need for the President to have said anything new about Katrina.  Wallowing in it would accomplish nothing.  The hysteria in the early days of the recovery led to a lot of money and resources being wasted or squandered on frivolity rather than recovery.

But if Katrina had to be mentioned, perhaps Bush could have praised Gov. Haley Barbour and the state of Mississippi for the way they've approached recovery.  It'll take a long time to finish the job all over that area, but "backward" Mississippi has come much farther than the much vaunted New Orleans and Louisiana.  Or maybe you wanted him to ask Congress to investigate state and local government incompetence in Louisiana?

As a Mississippian, I can assure Katie that things are getting back to normal on our Gulf Coast. Why? Because the people of the MS Gulf Coast mourned their losses, then got to work. Our local and state government overcame the initial response problems and sprung into action. There are still a ton of FEMA trailers down there, but rebuilding is fast and furious. No whining, no complaining. Casinos are reopening rapidly. New developments are going up fast. The reason - personal responsibility. Our Coasties aren't whining for the Federal Government to bail them out. Our state and local governments are as efficient as a government can be, and our people are honest and hard-working. Still a LOT of work to be done - but it's getting there. In Louisiana, you have a lot of the same thing happening outside of NOLA. But in NOLA, you have a bunch of folks used to the liberal utopia and Uncle Sam fixing all their problems. You have a corrupt local and state government that has frittered away billions of dollars and pocketed millions more. Thus, the drive-by media has its story and its template - Bush hates New Orleans. This is obviously a topic that infuriates me to no end, listening to these whining folks begging for a handout. Here's a tip - grab a freaking hammer, help your neighbor, quit waiting for Blanco and Uncle Sam, and GET TO WORK.

I stopped caring about the New Orleans recovery effort when they re-elected Ray Naggin as their Mayor. If they're not concerning themselves with correcting fatal past mistakes, why should I?

the world would be better have had NO been totally destroyed.  naturally i would hope that the people left and were spared.  it is a environmental abomination.  it is a criminal paradise.  it should NOT be there.  i say return it to nature and do the world a favor.