This is a column for everyone in the path of Hurricane Katrina who ever said, “I’m sorry, I’m just not interested in politics,” or, “There’s nothing I can do about it,” or, “Eh, they’re all crooks anyway.”
Look around you this morning. I suppose the NRA would argue, “Government policies don’t kill people, hurricanes kill people.” Actually, hurricanes plus government policies kill people. […] This, my friends, is why we need to pay attention to government policies, not political personalities, and to know whereon we vote. It is about our lives.

Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]

Essay (2005-09-09), “Katrina and You,” Texas Observer

A close variant of this (and usually quoted, as below, with elisions) ran in as the essay (2005-10), "Policies That Kill," The Progressive, Vol. 69, No. 10:

This is a column for everyone who ever said, "I'm sorry, I'm just not interested in politics," or, "There's nothing I can do about it," or, "Hey, they're all crooks anyway." ... I've got one word for all of you: Katrina. ... This, friends, is why we need to pay attention to government policies, not political personalities, and to know whereon we vote. It is about our lives.

This was included in the Progressive's memorial retrospective on Ivins in 2007-02.