Land of Oz

hmmmm

Let's see now. Dead bodies in the streets, rioting with the National Guard and police being shot by armed mobs. Rampant looting and military helicopters taking fire from out-of-control mobs. Threats of epidemics from wide-scale flooding and corpses in the open. Thousands of refugees being bussed hundreds of miles to shelters.

Nope - not Iraq, where our National Guard troops are currently sweating and dodging bullets and mobs but Louisiana - where our National Guard troops are currently sweating and dodging bullets and mobs. While I don't know if the 70,000 or so Guard troops stuck in Iraq would make a difference here in the US, they sure couldn't hurt. To me, unless there's a full-blown declared war going on, the National Guard should be sitting around here at home for stuff exactly like Katrina and whatever else might be happening in the US.

I've also heard that a lot of Corps of Engineers budget for flood control down in our south was siphoned off to pay for whatever it paid for out in Iraq. Helicopters and other heavy equipment is also short because of it being used elsewhere. At least the President decided to cut his vacation short (by 2 days) and come back to work.