Just to expand a bit on my last point about removing the political side of this issue. We overcame the Germans in order to help the people in northern Europe. We went to war and overcame Mussolini to help the Italians and Hitler to help the Jews and their fellow Europeans. We overcame the Japanese army to help the folks in the south Pacific. American's have overcome the North Korean army to help the South Koreans. Americans have overcome the Taliban to help the Afghans and Saddam Hussien to help the citizens of Iraq.
Why on earth are Americans willing to let an incompetant Governor and an idiot mayor get in the way of helping their very own fellow Americans?
We really don't want that to be a factor.
But with all due respect, look at Blanco and Nagin and ask, can you trust those nimrods with $250 billion? That is the stark choice those outside your state are staring in the face now. We want to help. But we also don't want our tax dollars to line the pockets of those who created this disaster.
So I'm asking an honest question to our Louisiana freepers - how do we send billions to your state without enriching the parasites? I do not ask that question out of malice, but out of a genuine desire to help without my tax dollars going to the bloodsuckers.