New Orleans Revisited

So I heard last week about the devastation, but seeing the pictures is really another thing altogether. I have alternated between intense sorrow watching those poor bastards wandering aimlessly in the Superdome amidst the bodies sitting there like so much trash, like the rest of the detritus there. And the people huddled on top of their homes hoping for rescue because they didn't fit into an evacuation plan that required you to have a car. And I'm wondering WTF the chuckleheads shooting at relief workers could possibly be thinking. And I'm wondering where are the troops are to keep order, since the police don't appear to be able to cope. They can't all be in Iraq, right? I have heard that 40% of the Louisiana National Guard are in Iraq, but where are the rest of them?? No, it seems like it's been a complete Keystone Cops affair. I thought the country was better than this and I am disappointed. Anyway one thing is certain, no one can say "Well, no one could have predicted this." Because, um, these guys did. And so did these folks. The latter article is especially interesting, since it implies that a lot of New Orleans' problems have been exacerbated by the Army Corp of Engineers who have a history of fixing problems and creating worse long term problems. Of course politicians who remain uninterested in funding infrastructure projects aren't really helping either. Bah. Going to bed now.