Blame?

Unless you're comatose or dead, you must have heard about Hurricane Katrina's destructive power upon MI/AL/LA, especially New Orleans.

It is all too humyn to blame something on someone else. A hurricane is no exception. Let's run the "guilty parties":

--America, for not ratifying Kyoto
--Bush, because he's to blame for everything
--The entire state of Louisiana (in general) and Gov. Blanco (D) (in particular)
--Liberals
--Conservatives
--Blacks
--Whites
--The National Guard
--Your next door neighbor
--etc, etc....

Frankly, this is pathetic. It is so much easier to point fingers than to help. It is also easier to say that we need to help than to actually help. I call this "compassionate chickenhawkism". But this is understandable, since to go out and help now would involve:

--spending prodigious amounts of money flying or driving to disaster areas (HurKat especially devastated oil and other commodities that travel through Gulf Coast channels)
--Risking life and limb against mobs of looters that include civilians AND police
--Wading through seas of shit

Me, I'm not looking for a safe place to stand on this shaky issue. The nobler part of me wants to go out and help, but the practical part of me realizes this is untenable. And the depraved part of me wishes to see depraved citizens of Mardi Gras land squirm a little while longer.