The President Said

"This is a storm that requires immediate action now," the President said after a daylong tour of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. "I understand the devastation requires more than one day's attention. It's going to require the attention of this country for a long period of time."

It's good to know that there is a politician somewhere who has his finger on the pulse. You can fool all of the people some of the time... Now who was it who said that?

I sit and read a piece by a guy who isn't in New Orleans about his memories of the place in 1950 something. It's pretty but it's as pointless and as nauseating as the woman who blogs about her fears for the animals in the Zoo and the beautiful buildings in the French Quarter.

The Zoo has lost a few flamingoes and the rest of the animals have food and water, while the historic buildings are just fine, which is a lot more than can be said for the poor people caught up in the disaster who are still waiting for help.