[mugsaway]

"Lets see....Give London a C Hurricane...flood London....knock out the power.....see what happens. Yeah, people will tell me London is more civilized..."

Don't stop there... From reports I have seen the damage to all areas from this storm equal the size of Great Briton. So imagine the entire country in the situation the US is facing...

This is the problem I have with blaming anything on the administration. NOLA is being reported on the most but there was a lot more for FEMA to do besides just take care of NOLA.

[reformedliberal]

Lots of thug culture in the UK. Yobs, *happy slappers*, to name two and Blair has just announced a zero tolerance program to try and get to the roots of it.

America needs to wake up to the gangsta influence via the music, the videos, the movies. This influences those already predisposed to be violent and to react against authority.

I was in NO about 30 years ago. It was fun! I loved Jackson Square and all the historic area and antique shops. Terrific restaurants, too. We visited the entire Gulf Coast that time, from Galveston to Mobile. It was lovely. It will be so again.