Don't be pissed at me if I talk about Katrina for the next couple of days.

[novapsyche]

I cannot begin to communicate how this is affecting me.

New Orleans rocked by huge blasts

Amid lawlessness, New Orleans mayor blasts efforts

The Man-Made Disaster

A Can't-Do Government

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[simianpower.livejournal.com]

My friend fdmts posted the following excerpt from mark242's journal:

It has been 48 hours since the levee break. The FY2005 United States military budget was $420.7 billion dollars. Each and every one of those evacuees could be riding in 50-foot yachts with gold-plated bathroom fixtures and kobe beef steaks served to them on Ming Dynasty era flatware, each yacht individually delivered via C-130 airdrop within 2 hours of the first levee break, and it still wouldn't make a dent in our total expenditure.

No, this is not a logistical problem. This is a red-tape-fuckup of astronomical proportions, the likes of which will haunt our country for years to come.