[DugwayDuke]

"First off, we could have put those people anywhere. If we wanted we could have left them on the side of a highway in Texas, or Arkansas, or Missouri. It would have been a vastly better situation."

Really? You're going to evacuate half the gulf coast and just leave them standing on the highway?

[burzum]

Which one is better: sitting on the overpass or in the Superdome in New Orleans with little food and water or sitting on a highway in Texas where aid workers can actually get to you?