—who seems a little defensive.

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. . . seems a mite irritated about all those unused buses owned by the City of New Orleans. Instead of carrying thousands of people to safety, they are now ruined by flooding, rusting away with massive oil slicks caused by their engines.

There's even a satellite photo showing how close the buses were to a freeway that led right to the Superdome.

Via Insty.

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. . . the difference between "looting" and "emergency commandeering of supplies."

Or they should.

Of course, they should also know the difference between "rioting" and "rebellion."

As the Los Angeles riots of 1992 commenced, no one was under any illusions about what it meant: color was irrelevant, and the only distinction to be made was between those who had some kind of values and those who were using the situation as an excuse to loot stores—and worse, much worse. I drove around town then in order to get across it—avoiding the center of the city—and spent the night in my boyfriend's more quiet neighborhood.

First, of course, I had to spend an hour in line at a Glendale supermarket, rubbing elbows with black and white and Asian people who all understood the score: there is something broken in human nature, and when it's not practical to fight it, you need to get out of the way.

So we all loaded up our grocery carts and prepared to stay off the streets for however many days it took before the thugs lost their stranglehold on L.A.

It appears that it could have been a lot worse. God have mercy on those who took advantage of the situation in New Orleans in order to commit violent acts.

I'm sure there's a special place in Hell for them.

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. . . is going to go far.

This action is the only thing he needs on his resume; he'll be working for the rest of his life.

[h/t: Goldstein.]

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has an interesting compilation of statements from those who saw this coming, along with a few well deserved digs at the media vultures who like to overhype any hard rain as a "storm"—making it less likely that people will heed the warning when there really is a threat.

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. . . have a dialogue about how the New Orleans disaster is finally clearing the way for a discussion about personal responsibility, the entitlement mentality, and the politics of racial division.

Read Jeff's analysis, and then follow the link back to Kate McMillan's original essay—because they are both mandatory reading.

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