commission-smishm

I'm not sure how much I respect MoveOn.org anymore. Although I participated in and forwarded info on their campaign to stop Bush from shifting the blame for the Katrina fiasco on Louisiana officials, I was utterly disappointed today when I received an email from them citing that emergency FEMA housing was still sitting hundreds of miles away unused, and encouraging us to demand an independent Katrina Commission modeled after the 9/11 Commission, as proposed by Hillary Clinton. While I agree that it's important that such a commission begin its work now if it's going to trace and gather convincing evidence, the fact that emergency housing remains unused screams that a larger problem needs to be addressed: Helping the victims. Imagine that! Saving lives might be more important that pointing fingers--which is what these past two emails have concerned. It's difficult to believe that MoveOn.org is prioritizing its political agenda over actually helping those in need. Sure, clean reputations for a few Louisiana officials might just encourage a few more donations, but in the end, MoveOn.org is expending much of its considerable power to reach the public on telling them who to blame. What good would an investigative commission do, when the culprit is in the White House, in Congress, in FEMA, in Louisiana, in the war in Iraq? How can a Katrina Commission announce that the cause of the disaster was five years of an unwise and continuing Presidency?