What bothers you and why?

‘ Bother’ in the English language can be used in several ways. Today, I’ll use it as a verb. A lightweight word. Being bothered by a mosquito or someone talking loudly on their device in a store or out in the street. Just a whisper of a nuisance.

But now I’m going to change the tempo somewhat, going from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds and write about outrage.

What outrages me and why? How long have you got?  There are many things. If you’ve read any of my posts in the past, you may have learnt how most of the world’s leaders outrage me.

It’s Inequality that makes my blood boil. Makes me roar.

In August 2005 Huricanne Katrina hit New Orleans with winds up to 150 miles an hour. The carnage was immense.

At the time, George W. Bush, the President of the Untied States, was into a twenty-nine day holiday on his ranch in Texas. On his way back to Washington on Air Force One, he directed the pilot to fly over the devastation. So he could see. He had chosen not to visit.

The public perception of Bush and the  administration was highly critical, and his political career never really recovered. He was seen as insensitive and neglectful of minorities and the less fortunate. A moral delay. Leadership without empathy.

Approximately 1392 died, half of those aged over 74. Over a million displaced.

Most of those who died were from low income areas. 67% being African Americans.

The flooded streets revealed submerged architecture of poor quality. 40% of the victims had drowned.

There is a lot more to be said about Huricanne Katrina and why inequality made the suffering so much worse, much more prolonged..

But this is simply a blog post about one major incident when inequality was the name of the game.. Inexcusable.