Unfortunately when you get right down to skin, too many humans only look after themselves and this is definately going to turn into a political debate where the people who are suffering will be looked over in favour of the steady stream of votes.
Its time that instead of looking for ways of pointing the finger, people pull together and help these people now as Cass said. Forget everything else just come together and do what they can.
I will pray for these people who are stranded and in need of help.
As everyone says....very terrible suffering and tragedy which we can all only hope ends as soon as possible. Things seem to be picking up now but would the response from the Bush administration have been so slow and lacklustre had this disaster occurred August 04 rather than August 05?