Hurricane Katrina has revealed a national disgrace ... yes, it has ... you know it as well as I do ... and, no, I don’t mean the looters or even the dumb gun-totting punks in the streets of New Orleans ... and I certainly don’t mean the thousands of frightened people waiting for help ... nor do I mean the many, many volunteers who are doing the best they can and who are making a difference. The national disgrace I am seeing is the shockingly slow and poorly orchestrated response of our Federal Government in providing the needed help. Was there something going down at the ranch that was really more important than hurricane relief in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama? Is this the best the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can do? Is it really true that FEMA doesn’t have access to sufficient food and water, and ready delivery means, to support the 30,000 people in need at the Super Dome? Is there really no way to more rapidly deploy shelters for these and the others displaced in the area? Exactly what disasters has FEMA been planning for? How, for example, would they feed and shelter a city where most of the population didn’t have time to escape? Aren’t there some scenarios - natural disasters, accidents or attacks - where this could happen? Aren’t we thankful that this wasn’t one? Can you imagine how ugly these situations would be ... or will be? Can you Michael? And you GW?