Nagin: the buck doesn't stop here!

In the continuing saga that is post-Katrina New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin is complaining (here) that not enough money has been flowing to aid the recovery of his city. Fair enough, but

He sorta kinda blames spending on Iraq . . . he sorta kinda blames racism . . . he sorta kind blames class prejudice . . . he sorta kinda blames the fact that noone knew about how poor N.O. was prior to the storm (surely HE was aware of it?) and he definitely questions if America has the will to "fix" the "ugly underbelly" of poverty among the area's black population. Rather, the question is whether Ray Nagin or Kathleen Blanco has the will to solve problems that pirogue-loads of money won't "fix."

Sorry, but stories like this (about likely bushating-inspired misreporting) and this (about the massive challenge of getting money flowing more quickly to the demonstrably corrupt, dysfunctional and incompetent NO and LA gov'ts) trump finger-pointing from people like Nagin and Blanco.