I've been watching coverage of the devastation going on in New Orleans all evening and my head is filled with the images I've seen. At one point I could only weep as I watched...so much tragedy. The last thing I watched was Nightline. Ted Koppel interviewed a Louisiana congressman who was so angered by the lack of response by the government. He said the Louisiana governor had asked, even begged for federal help, for 40,000 troups to help with the evacuation of the hurricane victims and yet no help came. Ted explained that the governor had not put her request in the right form so the government couldn't help until they got a correctly posed request! My god, could he really have been saying that the governor forgot to say "Please"?
And, by the way, why are the people "refugees" and not "victims"? These people need our help, let's everyone please do all we can to support these hurricane victims. Send money, clothes and food. There are also requests for anyone willing to open up their homes. Do what you can, okay.
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