Reply to "Prayer for the People in New Orleans"

RE positive consequences of Katrina:
The degree of attention given on TV and radio and the newspapers to poor people hasn't been seen for decades, and ditto for poor black people. The attention is making your middle class american actually think about what it means to poor. Eyes are opened to the reality of what it means to not own an automobile - because you are poor, or because you are too old to drive, or because you are disabled.
In a bitter irony, Katrina's waters may have sunk Bush's social security plan, his plan for further tax cuts for the filthy rich, and may hasten the end of the unjust war in Iraq. Yesterday, Katrina caused a vote in the Senate which tabled the planned elimination of the Estate Tax (a tax on inheritance that didn't kick in until your estate had five million). Even the Bush crowd couldn't pass such a give away to the greedy at this time.
Thanks to Katrina, there is an abundance of talk about "government" providing public health care, helping people obtain housing, and transportation. For decades the politicians said over and over "governrment" is the problem, it just keeps people from getting rich. Now, attention is focused upon those who ask not for great wealth, just to survive.
Teo3