Saturday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

47 years ago, Martin Luther King gave his iconic "I have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Today, Glenn Beck will be there to spew his message about dividing America. I'm not going to make it to the Mall for this event, however, one of AMERICAblog's good friends, Brad Luna, will be on the scene taking photos and video. We'll post later.

Five years ago, Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans. What was George Bush doing? He was on vacation. John kept tabs on Bush on August 28, 2005. There was this post, Chickenhawk Watch: Bush still on vacation while deadly hurricane approaches New Orleans, and this one, Bush Vacation Watch Update: Thank God Katrina STILL hasn't ruined Bush's summer vacation. Of course, John was right. Bush wasn't paying attention. The traditional media is starting to rewrite history and soft pedal the catastrophic failures of the Bush administration over this hurricane. (Heckuva job, NBC.) The media never challenged Bush back then. Never. That's how we ended up in Iraq, for example. In fact, on August 28, 2005, John wrote, "It remains to be seen if the media is going to ask what the hell the president is doing remaining on vacation while a major disaster is imminent."

I'm heading out for along run. Fortunately, the weather is cooperating.