We are seeing the best and worst of humanity.

[bklyncowgirl]

The best: rescue workers and ordinary citizens doing the best to save their fellow human being.

The worst: Looters, price gougers and complacent politicians who seek to profit from other people's misery.

[elehhhhna]

1. Another "worst'': Bush on vaca., now on Good Morn Amer, telling

Sawyer same old crap & don't kinow nuthin'.

I asked for a report on my desk Wed. afternoon when I got back to the WH. Whoopie.

[whistle]

2. ...and the worst of the worst, a do-nothing president and congress

...and controlled by republicans who pay lots of lip service, but provide next to nothing in real help on a timely bases. This is day six since Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast and rescue supplies are yet to reach desperate victims in New Orleans.

[JuniperLea]

3. Who the ferk cares about the ferking looters!

I'm so sick of people getting all bent about them as they sit all warm and cozy in front of a computer with a roof over their heads and a cup of hot coffee by their side. Really, people, get some priorities! There are lives hanging in the balance for ferk's sake!

My boyfriend, howardx, so perfectly summed it up: there is a thin veneer of society and proper social behavior... we have just seen that veneer stripped away for millions of people. This is the real deal. It could happen anywhere at any time.

Did you see the woman on the news last night, sitting on a bench with the dead body of her husband tucked underneath? All the assistance she was given was to be told to get the body further away so you can't smell it. Beautiful.

[AnnInLa]

4. Leader of a "looting group" interviewed by reporter:

Saw yesterday, young man being interviewed quickly by reporter at looting location, went something like this:

reporter: why are you doing this (evidently expecting "survival" excuse

young man: because we're takin' over, MF...we're gonna OWN this town, get that MF thing out of my face.

survival indeed