[conservatism_IS_compassion]

And Rush emphasized how tunnel-visioned the media are, and how completely absorbed they are "in the moment." In, that is, their own news cycle - whether it is a day or an hour.

To be absorbed "in the moment" is to subject yourself to the fog of breaking news - what in battle is called "the fog of war." If you stay in that fog, you have no idea where you will end up because you will never have any perspective.

In the case of Katrina, perspective would be things like the fact that Katrina is perhaps ten times more expensive than any previous natural disaster. And that the second most expensive was Hurricane Andrew - and no other hurricane is a close third. And that in both Katrina and Andrew, the controversy involved a Republican president and a recalcitrant Democratic governor.

[SE Mom]

I am laughing so much over the story of "William Jefferson, Democrat of Louisianna"....that my dogs are barking at me and running around in circles...

[Mr Cobol]

Has Rush mentioned that William Jefferson is a D La.?