Suffering

It's awful to see the people suffering in New Orleans. Those that are suffering the worst have put their faith in the government to take care of them. Our government works best when it is not asked to actually do anything. Then the political rhetoric can fly back and forth and an illusion of progress is maintained.

The quick decent into anarchy does not surprise me but then I have a very low opinion of humanity in general, although most of that is based on the employee refrigerator at work.