Classic Chrystina Optimism

So where's the good? It's been hard to find in the news, though there are stories of people finding people and re-uniting them with their families. The good I see is this: The disaster has (hopefully) awakened people to the frailty of our nation. It has also brought to the table a crisis that may have taken a lot longer to erupt if this hadn't happened: the energy crisis. The constant, but somewhat stable with inflation, rise in gas prices was not doing anything (or doing very little) to encourage people to use more efficient forms of transportation and/or energy. Did you notice that prices for other forms of energy are also increasing (the cost of wood, for example, has already gone up 15-25%). Maybe this sudden shock will alert people that we need to curb our dependence on oil and make use of more creative, sustainable energy sources. Crisis is the mother of a charismatic movement, necessity the mother of invention. Maybe the environmentalists will get some credit from this and not just for being bleeding heart liberals.

You know, I've kind of steered clear of the news on this blog and I feel a little cliche for only bringing it up now, but I simply can't think about anything else. Was this actually optimistic? I guess so. Maybe more like Eeyore optimism.

Surprise, surprise. Mr. Rove is covering up and redirecting blame for the missteps in dealing with Katrina.