I, too, watched the scenes in New Orleans, and Mississippi. Most of these people are squalling about the fact that the U.S. could help after the Tsunami, but where is THEIR help? Fact, it took ALL of the countries who helped after the Tsunami DAYS to arrive, and WEEKS to get into many areas, and MONTHS to effectively help these people. The freaking hurricane hit what? Less than 48 hours ago? The Tsunami also went back into the sea, while the less than bright group screaming for help live twelve feet below sea level. Think the waters are going to recede naturally?
Let's also factor in the inability of these groups to help themselves. They moan about dead bodies laying about, unburied. Y'all doing anything right now? Instead of raping, robbing, and looting, try saving your own oversized butts from Typhoid by burying the dead. If I thought that I was going to be flooded, I'd have moved food, water, and medicine into the attic before the storm hit.
As for the looters, I believe that some of them are taking just what they need to survive. I can understand that. However, I don't need liquor, guns, drugs, TV sets, other electrical appliances, and literally racks of clothing to survive. I believe that those people should be shot on sight. I also think that anyone who fires on the Police, National Guard, Fire/Ems, or Medivacs should also be shot on sight. Yeah, it could be nasty for a while, but the sub-humans doing these things would soon get the idea.
Let's also remember that the mayor of New Orleans called for a general evacuation days before the storm hit. You want to stay, fine, you're on your own. 100,000 people expecting to be rescued and moved to safety in a flooded enviornment, without power, and obviously, in many cases, without a shred of human decency, in a matter of hours, is sheer lunacy.