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Josh McCracken br> Dallas, Georgia /p>

I would appreciate it if you and Ben Stein would start a campaign to charge the mayor and other New Orleans city officials and the governor of that state with MASS MURDER for not carrying out their evacuation plans. They left their jobs and violated their own contracts. They ought to be placed on trial for the deaths of all these people and for the murder of a city.

Also, I request that you point out that this scene was caused by SOCIALISM and not free enterprise. This proves that SOCIALISM does not work in a free society like ours. It does not work in any country anyhow.

p>You would do the country and our citizens a great service by introducing these ideas over and over until the media catches it. Might even charge them with murder also for not keeping the pledge of a good journalist for failure to scare the people and government into evacuation as the plans for New Orleans called for to do. br> -- Delbert /p>

Thankfully, with only 200 dead in New Orleans, the untold story is that almost as many died in Mississippi and Alabama, states the MSM all but ignored. I guess the "visuals" were not as compelling as the flooded streets of New Orleans complete with those poor souls walking to dry land. The primal screams of the media elites, i.e., Russert, Shep Smith, Juan Williams, et al., over the shortcomings of FEMA are a classic case of herd mentality coupled with just plain bad journalism. Will Russert apologize for hyping 10,000 DEAD, MINIMUM? I don't know, as I could not bear to watch him yesterday, but I suspect he did more of the same. Will Shep Smith admit to a bout of hysteria as he stuck his microphone in the faces of those same poor souls wading out of the flooded streets? All the while Shep appearing well-watered, well-fed, well-groomed and well-clothed. Or perhaps Mr. Drudge in hyping the 25,000 BODY BAGS ON ORDER. I think not, for as Mr. Stein correctly perceives, the MSM is in full riot mode, completely oblivious to their own pitiful conduct as well as to relevant facts contrary to the settled theme. Mr. Stein hints at this point when he suggests a review of other relief efforts in the recent past for some historical perspective.

As the media lemmings continue to race over the edge with their sidekicks in the (loyal opposition) Democrat Party in tow, a question still bothers me. I know this is heresy but frankly, as far as I am able to discern, the only real "catastrophic failure" was of the levees. As pitiful as the performance by the first responders (i.e. the mayor & governor) was in not evacuating more people sooner, what I saw still did not rise to the level of Juan Williams's cry of, "worse than a 3rd world country." Speaking of Mr. Williams, Fox produced a real heated exchange between Hume and Williams, complete with Juan's personal jab that "Brit was out of touch," as Hume valiantly tried to talk some sense into wailing Juan.

p>The final observation in this tawdry tale was that of the political hacks within the Democrat party. I really tried not to watch the Sunday shows, but while channel surfing, I managed to catch a snippet of Mr. Obama on ABC. Something to the effect of "racial element." That was all I needed to hear. ... The most surreal moment however, one that had me absolutely riveted was frankly also one of the most craven political performances ever by an American politician. And that is REALLY saying something. Sen. Landrieu's refusal to answer Chris Wallace's often asked question as to the mayor's failure to get those buses in use to transport people out of the city, was so laughable it was almost slap stick humor. Her rant that it was Bush's fault for his failure to fully fund mass transportation was that of a complete idiot. Hey Mary, was that Amtrak a local or an express that was going to get those people out of downtown? Landrieu's fierce protection of state & local officials is certainly understandable. After all, these same officials will be "assisting" Mary at the polls come re-election time. Well thanks Mr. Stein for doing us all a service. I for one can't wait to see the left's venom directed at you in tomorrow's mail. Brace yourself. br> -- A. DiPentima /p>

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