So what is it?  Is it a system simply overwhelmed by a disaster as they've been saying?  I don't think so.  Here's my evidence:

We knew this would happen and made no preparations.  We seemingly do not have the resources, but we're not marshalling the resources either.

We left the poor to drown and die.  We slowly took some to the SuperDome.

There has been no food and water in the SuperDome.  Why not?  Where are the supplies that should have been rushed there?

On Monday we knew the levee was breached and we knew the catastrophic consequences of that.  We did nothing.

We had no federal response until late Wednesday.

The helicopter that everyone thought was sandbagging the breach on Tuesday was not sandbagging the breach.

Monday we knew the levee was breached and all survivors would die if not evacuated.  Where were the helicopters and boats?

No one tried to plug the breach until Wednesday.

Yesterday, citizens comandeered a bus to the Astrodome -- why could they get there and official buses could not?

The statements make no sense -- if we can bus anyone out of the Superdome, why have we not gotten more buses?  why have we not gotten a truckload or two of food and water there?

Why is there no radio contact?  Where are the food drops?  Why are military helicopters sitting waiting?  Why are they denying the reports of being shot at?  Why is there no communication?  Why are we not opening hotels and motels to evacuaees?

We have done nothing.  We've left a few local people to deal with this with no assistance.  We're telling other countries and municipalities that they can't help.  We let the crucial 72 hour window slip by and are now sending troops to deal with the chaos we let happen.

I don't know what all this means or what to do, but it's not right.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes