'...it becomes necessary for one people...'

Two days ago, thete1 posted a Katrina-related entry on her journal entitled, 'When in the course of human events...' This post follows hers, in much the same way that the one phrase follows the other in the opening paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, from the signing of which Americans date the birth of our nation.

I chose to leave out, for now, the next few words, 'to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,' because we're still not at that point, yet.

But we're closer.

The Bush administration on Friday asked Blanco to give the president control of local law enforcement and the Louisiana National Guard that now answer to the governor. Blanco refused.

Blanco said, when asked about the issue of federalizing state troops, that the issue involves the hurricane recovery organizational structure, not how rescuers are deployed.

Blanco said she needs flexibility to run the Louisiana National Guard.

If you've been following this national crisis the way I have, you're cheering Governor Blanco, who arguably saved the lives of countless Louisianans by refusing. ( Cut for length, but please, don't skip this post; follow the links, read on, and pass the word... )

I sincerely hope that we don't get to the point where Te or I (or tzikeh or lcsbanana or anyone else) will be making a post along these lines entitled '...of Right ought to be Free and Independent States...' -- in fact, I'm hoping this country doesn't get anywhere near the '...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive...' point. But until the need for me to do so ends, I will keep watching, and I will keep speaking out.