Thousands may be dead. It's not confirmed but speculated. So far, I believe the confirmed figure is below 200 (200 too many, obviously, but...) and many of those were killed by the storm, initially. And no government can be blamed for a hurricane coming onshore. The fact that this disaster WAS anticipated and that people still *chose* to live and to work there implies that an enormous amount of blame, if blame *must* be utilized, be placed on personal responsibility. Nobody forced those people to live there. It's a different case for the marginally employed, disabled and chronically poor that might not have been able to move even if they wanted to. But, personally, if I was well aware (as most coastal residents are) that I lived in a catastrophically dangerous geographical location (like NOLA) and a natural disaster such as Katrina occurred, I'd blame myself for knowing better. Who is foolhardy enough to believe that any human government can avert the will of Mother Nature? Maybe not all that *could* be done was done but efforts were made and are continuing. I don't see how the government can be held accountable for injuries sustained by natural disasters. We're all only human. I just feel that undue blame adds insult to injury, right now. I'm not a fan of President Bush, myself, but I hardly believe he's super-happy about all of this.