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If this is not a matter of politics, I really don't know what is.


Oh, there are plenty of reasons why this is indeed a matter of politics:

http://www.markarkleiman.com/archives/mi...bal_warming.php
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20050606/ai_n14657367
http://abc26.trb.com/news/natguard08012005,0,4504131.story?coll=wgno-news-1
http://leftofyall.blogspot.com/2005/08/when-your-city-is-french-in-origin-and.html


You quote political blogs being political about this as justification for politics being inserted into this? Interesting.

Even the New York Times is sensible enough to note that global warming didn't cause this hurricane. To say otherwise is not only unprovable, it's unlikely. Using a tragedy like tthis as opportunity to further a political agenda is tasteless.

Back on topic, I'm utterly at a loss of words to describe how much I feel for the people who are still living through this and who have lost their lives. For days I was watching the news headlines leading upto this and at first it seemed that New Orleans was spared. I even began ignoring the story at that point thinking it was just another "close call". Saying those early accounts were wrong is an understatement.

The horror that is happening there is bordering on the surreal. Every headline is worse than the one before it and the situation is so bad it's hard for me to comprehend.
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