Unquenchable appetite

The false god of government cannot satisfy in times of plenty or want | Joel Belz

Why did we ever think it would work? Whatever possessed us to look for the ultimate in disaster relief from a governmental system that had dreamed up public education, the agricultural subsidy program, Medicare, and Social Security? Why did we think they would get this one right?

Truth be told, all the whining about the supposedly insensitive and slow response to Hurricane Katrina is off the mark. When anything comes along that is bigger and badder than anything that has come before—and maybe bigger and badder by a factor of two or three—it's pretty hard to look around and say that somebody should have been ready for this. Sometimes, even in the midst of tragedy and horror, we have to suck it in and collectively plead for mercy. There might be a time for prudent second-guessing down the road, but not quite yet. Finger pointing while corpses are still bobbing in the murky waters is unseemly. There will almost certainly be enough guilt to go around when the time comes.