UPDATE -- Signs of the Apocalypse

Michael Moore is seriously considering a movie on Hurricane Katrina.

“It has all the elements that made ‘Fahrenheit 911’ such a powerful film,” says a source. “The political outrage, the human suffering, and the incredible footage.”

More evidence surfaces that certain Louisiana officials bear a great responsibility on the long delay of evacuations. This story, The State is Not Your Friend, has to be read to be appreciated.

We decided we had to save ourselves. So we pooled our money and came up with $25,000 to have ten buses come and take us out of the City. Those who did not have the requisite $45.00 for a ticket were subsidized by those who did have extra money. We waited for 48 hours for the buses, spending the last 12 hours standing outside, sharing the limited water, food, and clothes we had. We created a priority boarding area for the sick, elderly and new born babies. We waited late into the night for the "imminent" arrival of the buses. The buses never arrived. We later learned that the minute the arrived to the City limits, they were commandeered by the military.

There's more and it gets worse.

UPDATE -- There are some who are not convinced that this story is accurate. However, it is consistent with a report on Fox News during the height of the evacuations about a group from a hotel that had spent thousands on chartered buses but saw their buses commandeered by authorities.

MoveOn.org is in Washington, D.C., protesting in front of the White House waving "shame" signs, denouncing George W. Bush as a "murderer" and harrassing one lone woman who came to counter-protest.

There was one counter protester on hand who showed up today to support President Bush. As soon as the first reporter moved to talk to this woman, dozens of protesters surrounded her and tried blocking the reporters from asking questions. One woman who was protesting ran up to this woman and screamed, “Shame on you for supporting a murderer!” Several of the protesters engaged reporters afterwards as to why they were interviewing this woman.

Nothing like protecting the free speech rights of all Americans.

There was a poor turnout of Katrina victims for the MoveOn event: exactly two. But one made up for it with an inflammatory, but false, accusation:

Iona Renfroe has said some pretty bad things. She accused the president of saying Katrina victims were “not worth saving” when no one in the administration has uttered something so vile. Renfroe also acknowledged to the crowd, “I made a conscious decision not to leave,” when evacuation orders were given. She had access to a vehicle and places to go for safety but chose to ignore the warnings. She also was rescued within 48 hours of the storm.

Thanks to The Buzz at National Review for those last two items.