Who's Really to Blame for Katrina Chaos? Geoff Metcalf Monday, Sept. 5, 2005 Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. – Ralph Waldo Emerson The tragedies of Hurricane Katrina continue, and help, aid and assistance are belatedly trickling into the devastated area. In addition to the ubiquitous visual images of flood-ravaged victims, two equally disturbing images supplement the graphic catastrophic images: We hear local authorities spin their complicity in problems with blame casting. We see assorted special-interest elements exploiting the natural disaster to further personal, professional and political agendas. Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating recently uttered...