I'll weigh in on this. First off, I know Josh and he comes from a place of good intentions and works hard to do the right thing so that's that. Second, I was offended by Kanye West's comments during the benefit concert. He went off script and went on a tyrade about how the government has given authorization to shoot black people. He can think whatever he wants for sure but it struck me as offensive and inappropriate to do that during an event about helping and trying to start some healing. It was adding fuel to a fire that shouldn't be burning, where the focus should have been on making positive steps rather than inciting anger.

I feel the frustration when you hear about people shooting at medical convoys and rescue helicopters, the rapes and murders, and all the other litany of terrible opportunism. I get angry when I hear about it but I also recognize it's not everyone; it's a minority. This is an unprecedented disaster. There is no playbook for how to react to it. I think the government and NGO's are doing the best they can in a very catastrophic and chaotic situation. This is a time that requires cooperation from everyone and for those who are victims, their cooperation, to the extent that they can, is necessary.

I do agree with lanbrown's post and that the mayor of New Orleans should pipe down and stop cursing out everyone other than himself and his administration. He has been yelling and screaming about how the feds didn't help the city with the dike system but he's got to bear some resposibility for his city's state of emergency preparedness, just as we expect the mayor and city of Los Angeles to have disaster planning for the inevitable earthquake.

Meanwhile, I loaded up on some more water and try to make sure I have what I need when there is a major earthquake here in SoCal. (That includes a good stock of ammunition. For real.)

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