About Nagin and Blanco, I don't think it matters if they set out to harm people.. I think the emphasis should be placed on how well they did and how well they adapted. That is why I am not as hard on Blanco as I am on Nagin for Blanco seemed to learn where Nagin really didn't. BTW, I don't think Michael Brown or Bush or anyone in the US Government set out to harm anyone either.. so that sort of puts everyone on an even keel, doesn't it? ---------------------------------------------------------- You're certainly right about that. No one set out to do harm, but negligence crept all the way up the chain of command, didn't it? I'm curious that you find Blanco less culpable than Nagin. It was Blanco who called up too few National Guard troops, and who up until Friday (after a Monday storm) couldn't decide whether or not to let the feds in. Blanco was the one who refused to allow relief shipments to go through for fear that it would encourage people to stay. She may be a better person because she can take responsibility for her own mistakes and learn from them, but her performance during this disaster cost lives.