Because the media and the politicians are incompetent. They have no idea how to put together a big picture, and must therefore fall back on the well-trodden path of issue-based commentary.
Updates as they come in on Katrina
01:54 PM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005
Tom Planchet
1:52 P.M. - First Lady Laura Bush: This is the most devastating natural disaster in our history.
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1:44 P.M. - First Lady Laura Bush, in Lafayette, on the rebuilding process: "It's going to take a lot of money and it's going to take a lot of hard work." The First Lady urged people to continue making donations to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
1:35 P.M. - Xavier University spokesperson: 400 students still trapped at the university. One person is already dead.
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