"I take responsibility"

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*attempts to drag thread away from troll*

In other news, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has officially "taken responsibility" herself.
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I wonder how many politicians will now scrammble to claim responsibility. While I don't agree entirely with the following article, I think it is a tempered and well crafted discussion. At least a better source for discussion than that paragon of jounalism, the NY Daily News. I think it frames well the points in which we all feel moral outrage.

Katrina: Responsibility, Theirs and Ours

Who is responsible for the Katrina disaster? Who is responsible for the slow response to provide relief to the victims? Beyond the Federal and Local governments response, which we have touched on, at the outer boundries it is everyone who has contributed green house gases which have helped to raise ocean levels and temperature which make any catastophe more severe. We citizens in the US, and those in Louisiana are responsible for allowing such poverty to exists in New Orleans. In another thread we have discussed the Local and Federal governments lack of will to fund the building of hydrolic protection systems for New Orleans.