Off Topic: A Look Back at Hurricane Katrina

It's been nearly a year since Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. This weekend, AP reported (and this one's a shocker folks) that "the federal government has proven slow and unreliable in keeping the president's promises" to supply aid to the region.

For example, NPR reports that the home of 74-year-old Ethel Williams, which Bush promised in an April 2006 photo-op would be rebuilt, still sits untouched. Says Williams: "[W]e all disappointed because nothing’s been done."

Is anyone surprised?



Last night HBO presented the first part of a candid, and at times graphic, Spike Lee documentary on Hurricane Katrina -- "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts". The documentary captured people's desperation and their ability to keep smiling no matter what. The documentary continues tonight.