Sad, Desperate Times
9/02/2005
Several days into the wake of Katrina and my mind is overwhelmed by the chaos.
Chaos in NO. Chaos in the media. Chaos from the right-wing pundits on all the AM stations. Chaos in general conversation. A ripple of madness in the collective. But at least most people agree that more could be done - and more SHOULD be done - and the governments will be held accountable for the pathetic lack of expediency they have shown over the past week.
Now snipers are taking out looters. But tell me - what the fuck would YOU be doing if you were stranded in a city with no food or water, and the National Guard would not let anyone IN or OUT and help has NOT been coming? I hope the snipers can tell the difference between starving people and robbers. If not, they will have to deal with a lifetime of remorse.
I feel so helpless. I want to help all of them, but so many others have let them down. And that diminishes the efforts of all the brave, selfless people who have flung themselves against the barbed wire to help others.
posted by Edward Svengali @ Friday, September 02, 2005,
