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[frogger]

Psychlist, the invasion of Iraq didn't take place until well AFTER 9-11. I don't see how that's relative to the situation at hand anyway...incidentally, if polls matter, the majority of the hurricane victims were probably against the war in Iraq anyway. Feel better now?
The U.K. also invaded Iraq. Does that have anything to do with large scale natural disasters in U.K. being somehow justified? I don't understand your logic...
As far as a few looters taking potshots at helicopters, that is certainly NOT representative of Americans in general. How the hell can you guys make assumptions like that?! I'm fairly sure that if you were on the scene now, the level of compassion, generosity, hard work would give you a much more accurate depiction of the American people.
I'm sorry for the vitriolic attitude, but I've always considered the U.K. as my favorite country outside of my own. I had tears in my eyes when I read of the recent bombings in London. It wouldn't matter if it were a political tragedy or a natural disaster. The loss of life is the crux of the damn matter..even to my friends and co-workers, it was as if our fellow countrymen were the ones who suffered.
I guess you've heard of the 800 or so Iraqi's who perished by jumping off the bridge over the Tigris river. They heard rumors of a suicide bomber on the bridge, and so decided to jump for it. Does the fact that it wasn't the smartest thing to do make their deaths somehow acceptable?! Not in my book.
Of COURSE New Orleans was way overdue for something like this. The lack of planning by civic leaders, building commissioners, etc was way overdue, and RARELY is a lesson learned at so great a cost. As swannymere stated above, it will be interesting to see what the rebuilding of a great city will entail...
Again, sorry for my hot head, but a few of the comments above quite shocked me.
Americans may be a bit fat on the average, we definitely have some lousy cultural stuff going on- (the state of television is why I cancelled my cable TV years ago ), but by and large, Americans are GOOD people. Even the Harley guys, with their constant charity drives and toy runs.
And yeah, for what it's worth, I've been against the war in Iraq from the beginning.
Also, having a Ducati in the states- especially in the midwest (St. Louis, MO), makes me a bit of an oddball. The local Harley riders keep asking me when I'm going to get a "real" bike Needless to say, I've got Ducs in my blood, and have for all of my life. Unfortunately, being a lowly welder means that I have a hard time with all the maintenance costs!
Later all, and keep up a great forum! Frog-man