Gulf right of return

Bush matriarch: ``What I'm hearing which is sort of scary is that they want to stay [in Texas]''

As Froomkin points out, this is a modern ``let them eat cake'' moment.

Contrary to the classist perspective displayed by Mrs. Bush, it strikes me that what is really happenning is that the people displaced from New Orleans are beginning a life-long struggle for their right to return to their homes.

This bears careful watching. I don't know if some analysis heard recently on Pacifica Radio will turn out to be correct -- that the first moves in rebuilding New Orleans will be a massive takeover of poor neighborhoods for casinos, stadiums, malls, and upscale housing.

Is a historical parallel the Palestinian struggle for right of return to homes lost to Israeli occupation, as a peceptive listener comment broadcast today on the kpfa morning show (see time code 01:16:20 in the audio file) points out?