What? It's a hurricane. The government is indeed too busy killing Iraqis to help the homeland out much, but shit happens, and there's not always a reason for it. It's a natural disaster, people screwing up just makes it worse.
I'ma close this...
Edit: Maybe I'm misreading what you're trying to say, so PM me if you can clarify and give me a reason why this should be here...
Edit 2: Arr! The question Saint Floppydisk meant to pose was more like "Why did the relief effort take so long to get started?"
In that vein, I'd like to point out that Bush refused to accept aid from Cuba when it was offered.
This post has been edited by Slade: 23 September 2005 - 08:21 PM