I also have a semi-paranoid conspiracy-theory opinion. Most of the people who were trapped because of botched evacuation plans were poor, black, disenfranchised. Was this an opportunity taken by the Bush administration to wage a class war in an underhanded way? If we continue down this "primrose path", I fear a class war is on the horizon. It's time to take care of all our residents equally and fairly. It's time to share the abundant resources of this country (yes - we do still have abundant resources compared to many other countries in the world) among all our citizens. It's time that the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights apply to everyone. I don't care what our founding fathers meant in their documents. I want equality, rights, life and liberty for all - not the privileged few. And I want it now! (steps off her soap-box)