Beyond a National Disgrace.


Unbelievable. Read this article at the Huffington Post blog.

Some bastard has ordered the National Guard to help the New Orleans Police evict Katrina evacuees from their hotel rooms. According to one guard member quoted in the article, these people weren't even allowed to collect their belongings. They're being herded onto a train to. . . where?! Well, maybe it's a train, maybe it's buses, but does it matter? Is this the United States of America? I want to know who authorized this travesty. Then I want that person's resignation, post haste, and said person in a courtroom.

To say this is disgraceful does not do it justice.

I sent an email regarding this to CNN, here's hoping they blow this mess clear out of the water.

Editing to add that lawsuits have been filed to stop the evictions. That's a step -- but I still want to know what idiot authorized it in the first place.