Katrina: Tempers flaring, rightfully

Okay it’s Day 5 and this is no longer about the hurricane; it’s about what’s not happening in its aftermath. On CNN yesterday, Anderson Cooper hauled off on Louisiana Sentator Mary Landrieu when she announced proudly that the Senate was passing an emergency-rellief bill for $10-plus billion: “Excuse me, Senator, I’m sorry for interrupting. I haven’t heard that, because, for the last four days, I’ve been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi.”