Bloggermann

Bigger blogs have already chronicled this in part or whole, but for the benefit of those who haven't yet seen it, here's the opening few lines:

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said it all, starting his news briefing Saturday afternoon: "Louisiana is a city that is largely underwater..."

Well there's your problem right there.

If ever a slip-of-the-tongue defined a government's response to a crisis, this was it.

Here's the rest.