Yes, along with Andrew Card.

He's in a bunker under the White House, hooked up to an EKG machine.

Drince and Sam, so glad you are both okay, and also glad Sam's friends are okay as well.

I am so astounded at this travesty, and on so many levels. The lack of preparedness, the lack of response, the lack of leadership, and the lack of accountability. We'll get our coast back in shape, but it will be us, regular Americans, who do so. It's not the Federal Government who goes galloping to the world's rescue- it's us. They get the credit, but we pay for it in blood, sweat and dollars. The politicians can all go to hell, as far as I'm concerned. New Orleans will be rebuilt, and I fully intend to play tourist there when it is. Until then, I'll contribute whatever I can toward that end.

Maybe this guy can get something done. Could there possibly be a leader here finally. He doesn't look like someone to be messed with.

Who is the Vice President again?

If it weren't a national disaster, if there weren't a failure at every single level from the top down, if the President of the United States weren't admitting that it was a failure (do you realize how BAD things have to be BUSH to say there was a mistake?? Even if he still hasn't taken any personal responsibility), if people are dying and their bodies rotting in a location they were told to go for shelter food and water, you don't go see a freaking play.

Or at least not be seen at one ;)

Sorry -- I'm dead tired and I'm not expressing myself well. I meant it more in a hypothetical sense -- I could see a hypothetical situation where it would be appropriate -- or at least not glaringly inappropriate -- for someone in her position to go to a Broadway musical. Something along the lines of one of the NBC relief concerts -- "After 5 full days of personally filling sandbags, the Secretary of Bed Linens hosted a special $50,000 seat fundraising performance of the Tony award-wining musical Spamalot."

In this specific situation, I think we're agreed that those in power positions should lay off the public funtimes.

Hmm, seems I was even more dead tires as I managed to completely overlook or not comprehend the second half of your post. Umm, yeah, what you said. :blush:

They showed him walking around New Orleans - ordering the National Guardsmen to point their weapons down, to not look like they were walking in a war zone - AND he ordered the NOPD to do the same. One guy kind of looked at him, and decided that order was a good idea and complied with it. He did look like a 'kick butt and take names later' kind of guy.

Oh, and I found this on the WWLTV.com Katrina blog. THIS is the kind of fundraiser that's appropriate to do for New Orleans! :cheers:

One weird thing a friend of mine noticed on another board is the sudden lack of meds for those "self-medicating" (many of you know the term) and how that might help explain much of the violence and lack of self-restraint we're seeing. There are a lot of alcoholics and addicts out there needing treatment for that, in addition to food and water.

The situation just keeps getting more complex; my heart goes out to those people...