Stop Louisiana politicians and other from turning the storm disaster into an excuse for pork barrel politics. many people need help. However, the storm is not properly an excuse for what our mayors, representatives, senators, and governor request. The requests amaze and dismay me. Some of it makes sense. However, its seems to me that many requests have to do with what municipal, parish, and state governments have not done to meet their obligations. This is not the time to pay for massive building and highway programs. It may be time to think about the location of New Orleans and what to protect and what to let return to nature.

I have no objection to the government helping people sell their property at what had been fair market value to convert a large part of New Orleans to parks and wilderness. That would be the less expensive way to help many people.

Our school systems were awful before the dislocation. Does the rest of the country owe building schools for Louisiana, when the locals refuse to pay for decent schools? I do not think that is fair. The Orleans Parish School System had squandered millions of dollars long before the storm. Of course, it is broke.

You guys moan and bitch about W. he doesn't give a shit. He's got a solid 25 per cent of the nation behind him. We are in deep trouble because those 25 per cent will carry 2008 in good form. We have a Senator here in Pa, Rick Santorem, who placed the whole blame of Katrina on the National Weather Service because it didn't call the disaster until it was to late. I wonder what I was watching on Weather Channel for 7 days previous to when Katrina hit ground. He is supporting a privatization of the WEeather Service for hus buddies in Accu weather at Penn State because that company contibuted to his relection bid. Already, this idiot has 30 per cent of the rabid right wing nutsoz safe in his hip pocket. He'll be senator for ever. Katrina calls for broad sweeping action similar to what FDR did during the Great Depression. Unfortunately our present man in the White House has but one initial and is brain dead.