I don’t care what caused Hurricane Katrina. I don’t care if it’s a result of massive abuse of our environment. I don’t care if God sent it to punish the people of the United States for their sinful ways. I don’t care if a butterfly in Africa flapped its wings at the wrong time.

I don’t care why New Orleans flooded. I don’t care if someone bombed the levees. I don’t care if they were poorly designed. I don’t care about the fact that New Orleans is a city below sea level.

I don’t care why we’ve been so slow responding. I don’t care if it’s because too many of our troops are overseas. I don’t care if it’s because Clinton cut back military spending, which led to the National Guard being needed in Iraq. I don’t care if it’s because George Bush spends too much time on vacation. I don’t care if it’s because the governor of LA didn’t officially request aid as she was required to do.

I just. don’t. CARE. If that’s what you want to talk about, go home and talk to yourself. Otherwise, shut your mouth and find a way to help.

Now, let’s talk about what I do care about.

I care about the fact that there are thousands upon thousands of people now homeless, who aren’t able to get food or clean water.

I care about the fact that these people are also being subjected to barbarianism from some of their neighbors who are dealing with the crisis by becoming uncivilized.

I care about the fact that other countries that are offering aid (Israel and Canada, to name two) are being turned down because we’re still “assessing what we need.”

I care about the fact that many of our news agencies and politicians are wasting their time and ours to talk about why this happened, or how we should’ve prepared, and not concentrating on what we can do now.

Honestly, I don’t want to hear blame spread right now. You want to tell us that we’re not responding quickly enough? If you have a solution that works now, great! Make the suggestion, get it implemented, and save these people. Otherwise, save the political sniping for another time.

After these people are safe from immediate danger, that will be the time to figure out what we could’ve done to make things safer (and what we could’ve done in the future). Then, if you want to talk about blame… well, I still won’t listen, but you won’t be completely wasting my time, at least.

Dean’s World has a post about the accountability for the unnatural disaster. I’d recommend you read it.