I'm sympathetic to the situation, but the hurricane chatter that's wall-to-wall on local and national news channels is a little sickening. It's all Gustav, all the time, and if this storm doesn't level New Orleans it risks disappointing viewers who are being force-fed it every minute. With mealymouthed, all-talk-do-nothing Democrat mayor Ray Nagin still unfortunately in charge--his record of non-achievement on all fronts is staggering--audiences and station managers getting their rocks off on this probably won't go away hungry if Gustav intensifies. About the only good news is that the Republican bloviators who blew it so badly last time will largely be off camera tomorrow, though we can expect a round of sanctimonious, we're-here-for-you-this-time speeches from the participants anyway. If by some meteorological miracle the storm changes track and wallops convention HQ in St. Paul, taking out the idiots who let down the city the last time (and Nagin so everyone comes away happy), I'm all for it.
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