When we say "military being deployed to The Gulf" it conjures up images of heading to Iraq. But my wife's cousin, a Naval chopper pilot just received that he's being deployed to The Gulf -- Of Mexico. We're about to see our own miltary (not National Guard, Military) being deployed on our own soil. That's how bad the situation is, and with the growing crime and violence in New Orleans, I expect things will get worse before they start to get better. Reports are coming in that before the bussing started, refugees were already abandoning the "safety" of the Superdome because of rapes and violence occuring there inside the dome.

Tragedy can bring out the best in good people, but it also brings out the worst in bad people. Unfortunately, New Orleans has more than its share of bad people and the evidence is showing.

My thoughts and prayers are especially with the innocent people caught up in what's rapidly becoming a war zone. The loss of life from a hurricane is bad enough. The loss of life (or innocence) at the hand of somebody taking advantage of mass desperation is abhorrent.