Our federal government has let down our fellow citizens along the Gulf Coast. The Mayor of New Orleans has this to say:

"Get off your asses and let's do something," Mayor Ray Nagin told WWL-AM Thursday night in a rambling interview in which he cursed, yelled and ultimately burst into tears. At one point he said: "Excuse my French -- everybody in America -- but I am pissed."

There are thousands of corpses littering the streets. One of our national treasures, the French Quarter, is ruined, perhaps forever.

There is a divide in this country, but it's not along conservative and liberal lines as propaganda would have us believe.

I don't believe conservative president Eisenhower would be so slow to respond. I don't think conservative president Theodore Roosevelt would have ignored the environment to such an extent in the first place.

I will be so bold as to say what I truly feel: materialists lacking empathy and moral sense have taken hold of the Republican party, and thus our country. This is not about conservative ideology, to which I do not subscribe but which I do respect.

This is about greedy bastards from whom aid must be obtained through coercion; they need to see some benefit to themselves before they will allow their precious money to be pried from their inhuman grasp.

This is disgusting, and its time for us American people of good will, both conservative and liberal, to stand up for ourselves. We need to take matters into our own hands and rebuild the Gulf Coast. The government and its corporate owners aren't going to help. We need to stretch out our own hands to the people in need. The government and its corporate owners aren't going to help.

And after we've taken back the Gulf Coast, we need to take back our government.
Thank you, Dr. Sardonic, for the picture.