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Nice to see an apology...see post 2545.

There were a lot of people about to lose homes and friends who were pointed to this thread for breaking news. It and became an embarassment for Free Republic instead of an example of how great the site is.

"It and became an embarassment for Free Republic instead of an example of how great the site is."

I think the balance of news/humor on this thread has been perfect. Some may think "Humor? How dare you speak of humor on a day like this..."

However, please keep in mind that many folks in New Orleans, before going into the Superdome last night, were exhibiting surprisingly high spirits and one woman in particular -- forget her name -- held an attitude towards the impending storm which was to be admired.

Therefore, on one hand you have people who are at risk of losing everything maintaining a sense of humor and high spirits concerning this disaster -- these are the folks LIVING it right now.

And on the other hand you have posters here who are at risk of losing NOTHING -- thousands of miles away from the storm -- blasting others for essentially being guilty of nothing slightly more than that of being human.