This is hysterical.

[docwebster]

The entire article is a pretty grim BBC opinion piece about the government's failure in the aftermath of Katrina, but the hysterical part are the responses. Not all the responses are utterly gibbering mad, of course, but this guy is a real prizewinner.

Genties and ladlemen, I give you the comedy stylings of Tracie Dixon from Sand Springs, Oklahoma:

As a proud southern American your article is so far from the truth I don't even now where to begin. What I read is a liberal, European, elitist view of this absolute tragedy. Americans will help each other regardless of colour or social level. As for aid from other nations, I for one say leave it. We can and will rebuild the ravaged areas ourselves.

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[drdemure.livejournal.com]

We did know. We've known for nearly a century. But this is a vast country, and there are threats everywhere. And, it seems, we knew, at least in retrospect, about 9/11. I seriously doubt we could have prevented 9/11. We might have been able to lessen the impact of Katrina, but it still would have devasted us in ways we've never been devasted. We can nitpick all we want, and I hope public sentiments will change things. But the fact is, it happened, and we still have people who need to be rescued. And, hopefully, we'll do thing better in the future, and hold people accountable for how they failed our country. But right now, we need to rescue our people.