Katrina was bad enough. Why do you add to the misery by giving a forum to that publicity seeking ,blathering idiot jesse jackson?Bob

Anderson Cooper is slowly redeeming himself with his coverage of Hurricane Katrina. In the past he's been a wishy-washy host, and his show has focused on entertainment and ratings instead of good reporting. He was a decent guest on Real Time with Bill Maher last night, but he still kisses way too much politician ass for me.

Let's be honest. No amount of preparation in the world could have saved anyone from this disaster. The real tragedy is that most of the people who got stuck in New Orleans couldn't afford a $40 tank of gas to fill up and head out. That's the tragedy. And by the way, did you know that Chevron enjoyed record profits last year? http://foulzonenews.blogspot.com

Let's be honest. No amount of preparation in the world could have saved anyone from this disaster. The real tragedy is that most of the people who got stuck in New Orleans couldn't afford a $40 tank of gas to fill up and head out. That's the tragedy. And by the way, did you know that Chevron enjoyed record profits last year? http://foulzonenews.blogspot.com

1400 Guardsmen on the ground in New Orleans!! Why don't we send 1400 guardsmen with the Bush adminstration at the head to Iraq and bring our troops home to help our people. Obviously, this government has no ideal how to handle this situation. While you are busy flying overhead our babies, moms, dads, grandparents and our heritage is below dying!! We need help!!! We don't need you President Bush looking at us from the tv telling us with a smile that's we will recover. Yes !!! We will recover, but not because you had to cut your vacation short by a couple of days. But because We Are Americans and We Will Survive !!!

If the situation wasn't so tragic I would find it almost humorous how people want to blame the president for this as if the state and local government bore no responsibility for not providing buses and other forms of transportation for the poor to evacuate before the storm even hit. If I were stranded there the last thing I would want is a politician paying a visit when their time would be better spent in Washington passing bills to earmark funds for the people of the ravaged areas. I'm just curious if congress has decided to end their recess early and get their asses to work. To those who want to use the occasion of this horrible tragedy to trade partisan attacks or race baiting, grow up and wake up to the reality that an act of nature caused this and rescuers of all races and political beliefs are pitching in to help these folks.

As someone FROM Louisiana I have a slightly different perspective. Mary Landrieau has been fighting and fighting hard to get money to Louisiana for Coastal Erosion and Hurricane Control/Preparedness, but each and every year she's seen the money cut HUGELY. Anderson Cooper was almost feeding her questions, trying desperately to goad her into saying "Hell yes! I've been fighting the hard fight to try and get money, I KNEW this was gonna' happen and I've BEEN knowing it was gonna' happen for YEARS!" Long before Anderson Cooper even knew that New Orleans was flood-prone, "Little" Mary has been in Washington trying desperately get the state help. At this point, spitting in Bush's face won't get her any money any faster. And I don't think she cares right now about assigning blame. She wants to get her state HELP. You catch more flies with honey.

Human emotions are true to us all. The CNN anchor is connected and understands compasion during this challenging period. I would also encourage all anchors to refer to the citizens of these three states as citizens or the people of Alabama, Mississippi, Lousiana.

Why can't they take in the aircraft that puts out wildfires dump the bucket into the lake and put the fires out? My 13 year old grandson thought of that days ago.

Thanks to Anderson Cooper for telling the truth! Where are the politicians? Where are the officials? Where are the state officials of every southeastern state nearby? Where are the medical supplies? Where are the relief medical teams? Where are the national Greyhound bus lines? Why haven't the Carnival and other cruise lines docked and evacuated people to other ports and cities? If television crews can be on the scene, why can't supply trucks? We can go around the world in a few hours by air and it only takes a few hours to drive there from anywhere in the southeast and west. This happened Monday - and now it's Friday! This is an insult to our intellegence as Americans! Why can't we all drive down there in our cars loaded with supplies in one big convoy if no one else can handle it? We could at least bring people and their pets back to our local shelters in our southern cities. Keep speaking for all of us Anderson. You are an American hero to us.