Katrina and The Waves

Walking on dead bodies is more likely than to be walking on sunshine! Any glibness apart, surely the USA are not in a position to help rebuild Iraq when they stand by and let possibly 10,000 of their own people die on their own soil? Sorry to add to what everyone is already thinking but the situitaion and response is so obvious I cannot articulate anything fresh or new in terms of perspective. A billion dollars buys a lot of speedboats, buses and wages for drivers...compulsory evacuation and a tent city on higher ground like glastonbury. This does not come to much in the way of money. In fact, why not organise a massive free festival 200 miles north with tented accomodation and make it free to anyone with new orleans ID? Instead of spending massive amounts sending in shoot to kill squads to pop anyone ransacking the DVD players from some global chain of stores, I mean, if they are not ransacked, ain't nobody goingt o be coming and buying them in teh next few weeks....better an illicit economy than no economy.