My Mom Finally Loses It and Writes the President

"Mr. President....

After days of watching coverage of the massive devastation in the Southern States, and most especially after viewing the gut-wrenching grief of a Louisiana official on this morning's "Meet The Press", I feel the deepest sense of sorrow, but most especially outrage, at the way this situation has been handled by our government.

As an American citizen, I am embarrassed, disgusted, and feel this is a national disgrace. The potential of a disaster of this magnitude had been predicted years before it occurred...and as this monstrous storm moved closer to the Gulf Coast, the federal government needed to be on the front lines with food, shelter, water and transportation for the thousands of poor people in that part of our country that did not have the middle class means to evacuate.

There is no excuse for such inept response to people in need. No excuse for the delay in response to the thousands of person who died because the Federal Government did not move more quickly.

The world is watching as we conduct a war in Iraq with no basis, and react to disaster in this country with no plan and no heart. "

Rumor has it, my mother's letter sits on the President's desk right next to this one.