Katrina continued

So I feel the need to write something serious after the last post in light of what actually happened in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina hit. I read the post and it just didn't seem right to keep it up as the last word on the one of the worst disasters to hit the United States--both natural (the winds and flooding) and man-made (the complete chaos the city of New Orleans has descended into).

I feel like there wasn't enough done, and there isn't enough being done. There is no one in control. Where is the big, powerful president who doesn't stand down in the face of adversity and could get the job done? Why was funding for the levees surrounding New Orleans cut?Why did it take until FRIDAY when the hurricane hit on MONDAY to deploy the National Guard? My friend Daniel brought to my attention the idea of comandeering a couple of cruise ships and putting people on those. In a time of national crisis, people should come before profits.

If you can, give. This isn't a situation where a couple people are displaced for a little while. Most people that live there lost everything. And like the tsunami, this isn't a situation where one push for donations will do it: this is going to be months, maybe years before things are even close to normal, if they ever can be returned.