Haste to the Wetting!

The Nyok Times reports that C. Ray Nagin, the black Democrat who has served as Mayor of New Orleans for the past three years, has begun to give serious consideration to the notion of evacuating New Orleans, given that a serious risk now exists that Hurricane Katrina might reach landfall somewhere near his city.

Mind you, he doesn't consider the risk serious enough to warrant the use of available buses for that purpose; that would be a misuse of school property. Still, I hope his foresight and prompt action send a strong message to President Bush and his creature, FEMA, that unconcern for poor Southern blacks can no longer be tolerated in this country.