[KevinTheOmnivore]

I don't believe you can have it both ways. You can't say "local government failed, state government failed, and FEMA failed," and then say that civilians should've sat back and done nothing.

The unfortunate trith is that New Orleans in particular is full of stories of individuals and groups of citizens taking charge and picking up the pieces where all levels of government had initially failed them. I applaud those people, and if the guy with the oxygen tank and helmet whatever is never gonna get to me, and I'm fighting flood waters clinging to the top of my roof, then fuck yeah give me the guy in the bowling shirt!