"'The good news is - and it's hard for some to see it now - that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house - there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch.' (Laughter)." - president George W. Bush, yeaterday.

Just think of that quote for a minute; and the laughter that followed. The poor and the black are dying, dead, drowned and desperate in New Orleans and elsewhere. But the president manages to talk about the future "fantastic" porch of a rich, powerful white man who only recently resigned his position because he regretted the failure of Strom Thurmond to hold back the tide of racial desegregation.

Der Kommentar auf das Bush-Statement stammt von Andrew Sullivan, der schön langsam auch erkennt, dass mit dem Mann nicht viel zu holen ist.

Die "Umerziehung" des Grünen Oswald Metzger zum Marktliberalen laut plus/minus (ARD)

Wonderfestival, 2. und 3. September. Ein guter Grund in die Stadt mit der vielleicht besten Band-Szene Europas zu fahren. Millionaire stellen endlich ihr neues Album vor. Und die Frames garantieren einen mehr als ordentlichen Live-Act. Superdiesel, natürlich auch nicht zu verachten.