They thought the worst was over in New Orleans. Then the levees broke, and 80 per cent of the city was flooded.

The ongoing disaster in New Orleans is exposing lots of weak spots and cracks in government policies and in the execution of those policies. We could not prevent Hurricane Katrina. Can we, at least, learn something from this tragedy? Given the current administration in Washington, John Moltz doesn’t see much hope:

These are not people who change policy based on facts.

Ever.

Really. They have never, to my knowledge, done this. They have changed policy for political gain or to buy time until the policy can be subverted to their pre-conceived agenda.

This disaster could not have come at a worse time in our nation’s history. The people in charge of this country will not seek to fix, they will not seek to aid, they will not seek to rebuild, they will not seek to heal.

They will seek to profit in whatever way they can.