On Thursday and Friday, there was a NOLA/Gulf Blogathon over at Daily Kos to bring attention to the issues that folks down here are still dealing with two and a half years after Katrina.
It is the Great Forgetting. After thirty-odd months, the nation has moved on. Katrina and all that it wrought has fallen out of the national conversation. The devastation caused by both the storm and the incompetence of the government are just dim, uncomfortable memories for most of the nation.
Which is exactly how the insurance industry likes it.
The insurance industry doesn't want you paying too much attention, because what's happening on the gulf coast will probably be coming soon to a town near you. While the nation's distracted and insurance reform is now bottled up in the Senate, the industry is once again moving to protect profits at the expense of the rest of us, particularly those living on the gulf. And make no mistake: these are not isolated cases- This is an industry-wide effort.
One of the best Mississippi bloggers, Ana Maria, who writes A.M. in the Morning, notes that Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor, has been kicking ass and taking names on this issue. He introduced a bill in the House that the insurance industry is fighting tooth and nail. As for the rest of the blogathon ... see below.
