I cannot really comment any better than what most have said about the situation in New Orleans - it is a horrible tragedy and unfortunately I think it is only going to get worse as the days unfold. However, I want to remind everyone this is why it is so important we have a free press in this country: to show us what the government (if it had the chance) would not show us. Putting on my tinfoil hat for a minute, it will be interesting to see at just what momemnt does the Bush junta shut down press access to the disaster area and stop taking questions.
As much as many of us deride the press and media, if it were not for a journalists risking their lives, we would not know the stories of desperation they have observed. If it were not for the journalists responding to the emotional devastation, we would not be hearing these calls for accountability.
The media is finally holding Bush and his toadies accountable - let's give the aid workers, local leaders and military people working 24/7 the benefit of the doubt. However, the political leaders fair game - their decisions to fund or not to fund flood control were POLITICAL decisions and we have a right to question our elected leaders for the decisions they made.
Finally, I am afraid while most of the attention has been focused on New Orleans (who can blame them since it is such a gripping drama), the story along the AL and MS coasts is being lost. No one really knows what is going on there and I fear it is just as bad as the New Orleans tragedy.