QotD

"Natural and human calamity stripped away the spin machine, creating a rare accountability moment, not just for the Bush administration, but for all of us to take stock of the direction of our country and do what we can to reverse it. That's our job -- to turn this moment from a frenzied expression of guilt into a national reversal of direction. Some try to minimize the moment by labeling it a "blame game" -- but as I've said - this is no game and what is at stake is much larger than the incompetent and negligent response to Katrina." -- John Kerry, 2005-09-19