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Jesse Jackson is charging racism on the part of the President, and suggesting that is the reason for the slow response.

I would guess things would have gone much faster if thugs hadn't shot at rescue workers. We saw this immediate action and then we saw it come to a crawl because of armed thugs. We saw helicopters grounded because of snipers.

The city must be forcefully demilitarized, even as innocent victims literally starve. What has happened over the past week is an embarrassment to New Orleans—and to America.

I tend to agree.