Springsteen voices anger at politicians over Katrina.

Decrying what he called “criminal ineptitude” in Hurricane Katrina’s wake, Springsteen jabbed at the political powers he deemed responsible for New Orleans’ slow recovery.

Perhaps the most pointed moment came as he prepared to sing an old song that he had rewritten lyrics to for New Orleans. Noting that he visited the city’s ninth ward, perhaps the most devastated area in the city, Springsteen said: “I saw sights I never thought I’d see in an American city,” and added: “The criminal ineptitude makes you furious.”

With that, he launched into a song titled “How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?” and dedicated the song to “President Bystander.” Its lyrics included the lines: “There’s bodies floatin’ on Canal and the levees gone to hell ... them who’s got out of town, and them who ain’t got left to drown, tell me, how can a poor man stand such times and live?”

Seeing these rockers take on the war and this administration literally fills me with joy. I have been waiting for today's protest singers to finally step forward, and I have to say it is a thrill that they are finally making themselves heard.