No kidding.  This morning when I got up I really didn't care any more about how many oil rigs were missing, how much the production is down, or what the gas prices were.  Those problems are real, and will affect us all, but the national disgrace taking place in NO seems to have crossed a threshold for me.  Day after day all we got was more bungling and excuses, and in the meantime people were dying from a lack of medication, a lack of water, or a lack of food.

There was a story over at dKos about how the head of FEMA is basically an imcompetent screwup who got fired from his last job, and landed this one because of political patronage.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/2/122157/2495

It isn't just him either.  

Cheney is still on vacation in an undisclosed location.

Condi Rice was busy shopping for shoes in New York - someone got up in her face and asked her how she could shop for shoes when New Orleans is in serious trouble.  Her response was to have her security people throw the woman out.

This entire crew has repeatedly demonstrated a complete lack of competence in quite a number of areas.  The only job requirement in this administration seems to be an unwavering loyalty to Bush.  Competence and experience don't seem to be relevant - just an ability to repeat the talking points over and over.

I was glad to see the convoy arrive there today.  Better late than never, I guess.  They should have been arriving on Tuesday morning.

On the news they just said they thought there were 50,000 people still in NO that they need to go and find.  Who knows how long these people have gone without food or water.