[the invisib1e hand]

so, people need to have their hands held in order to look after their own &sses? they can't do it for themselves; they sit tight until the nice mayor man tells them it's time to go? and if he doesn't, the federal government must?

is that the sort of world you want to live in? You're advocating greater government control over people's lives on The Conservative website, and noone's told you you're full of crap yet? Please, let me be the first.

[bamaroots04]

All I'm saying is that since New Orleans has many people living in extreme poverty. Do you think all these people have the necessary resources, even such a basic thing as a TV to know whats going on, to make a decision about whether or not they should evacuate?