In a perverted way, the situation in New Orleans reminded me of the old Sam Kinnison routine about people in Africa starving and living in the desert. In the routine he would scream about moving; there's no food there; it's sand.

I saw a profile of the New Orleans topography. The entire city is below the level of the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchatrain. How did they ever build a city there? How could they think that Mother Nature could be tamed by some levees and pumps? The arrogance of man.