[cajungirl]

I'm thinking lets give the gangs the dome. And call in Janet Reno to take care of the situation.

I know I am bad.

[Cboldt]

We have to give them plenty of liquid fueled lanterns too. Don't forget the lanterns.

Lots of precious evacuation time being lost today, due to the thugs of NOLA.

[nomorelurker]

You know were is Janet Reno when you really need her?? (sarcasm)

[beyond the sea]

I'm thinking lets give the gangs the dome. And call in Janet Reno to take care of the situation. ----- I know I am bad.

Not so bad. Janet Sterno would not be a bad idea, imo.

From Peggy Noonan: -- http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/

Hurricane Katrina: The good, the bad, the let's-shoot-them-now.

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(snip) -- As for the tragic piggism that is taking place on the streets of New Orleans, it is not unbelievable but it is unforgivable, and I hope the looters are shot. A hurricane cannot rob a great city of its spirit, but a vicious citizenry can. A bad time with Mother Nature can leave you digging out for a long time, but a bad turn in human behavior frays and tears all the ties that truly bind human being--trust, confidence, mutual regard, belief in the essential goodness of one's fellow citizens.

There seems to be some confusion in terms of terminology on TV. People with no food and water who are walking into supermarkets and taking food and water off the shelves are not criminal, they are sane. They are not looters, they are people who are attempting to survive; they are taking the basics of survival off shelves in stores where there isn't even anyone at the cash register.

Looters are not looking to survive; they're looking to take advantage of the weakness of others. They are predators. They're taking not what they need but what they want. They are breaking into stores in New Orleans and elsewhere and stealing flat screen TVs and jewelry, guns and CD players. They are breaking into homes and taking what those who have fled trustingly left behind. In Biloxi, Miss., looters went from shop to shop. "People are just casually walking in and filling up garbage bags and walking off like they're Santa Claus," the owner of a Super 8 Motel told the London Times. On CNN, producer Kim Siegel reported in the middle of the afternoon from Canal Street in New Orleans that looters were taking "everything they can."