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At this point, having already sunk virtually all of its self-respect into the fathomless depths of the southern Indian Ocean, CNN has very little left to lose by turning its studio shows over entirely to trolling the news, and there's no more trolling troll than troll Don Lemon, the man who's been known to troll about a black hole, the one that swallowed up the Malaysian airliner. (Hey, Don was just sayin', y'know?) Last night, with what appeared to be a silken bowline around his neck, Don thought worthy of discussion the highly originaltrope of whether or not the death by Ebola of one person in this country could be said to be the president's "Katrina." This is, by my count, the president's 33rd "Katrina," although some counts vary. And, thought Don and his bosses, who better to discuss that than Michael Brown, the man who oversaw the last president's "Katrina moment," which, as it happens, actually involved Hurricane Katrina.
Let's be crude, shall we? Let's start with the body counts.
This president's "Katrina": One.
The last president's "Katrina": 1833.
Everybody just chill the fk out, OK?
Charles P Pierce is the author of four books, most recently Idiot America, and has been a working journalist since 1976. He lives near Boston and has three children.
