The police chief is gone. I don’t know whether state or local law allows the voters in New Orleans to recall the man posing as their mayor; if it does, they should exercise their power to do so. Then the city needs to hire a strong, moral, incorruptible, and thoroughly intolerant police chief. He needs, however, a police force to start off with, and a bad one is far better than none at all.

And do the same for the $200B carnival of looting (of the public purse) that’s about to commence. Trace each appropriation and get on-the-scene reports about levees not built, sham construction projects, phantom housing etc.

Katrina gave the MSM its swagger back? Bah! We have not yet begun to fight. The next round belongs to the blogosphere.

In the country where I reside there is something called the rule of law and that includes due process.

In 1999, Masaharu Nonaka, a 58 year old employee of Bridgestone in Japan, slashed his belly with a sashimi knife to protest his forced retirement. He died later in the hospital. This suicide was dubbed risutora (corporate restructuring) seppuku by the mass media, and was said to represent the difficulties in Japan following the collapse of the bubble economy.

In the country where I reside I’m not aware that anyone has a sense of shame. Isn’t it un-American to have a sense of shame?

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/vincent200412130852.asp

In 1970, famed author Yukio Mishima and one of his followers committed public seppuku at the Japan Self-Defense Forces headquarters after an unsuccessful attempt to incite the armed forces to stage a coup d’etat. Mishima committed seppuku in the office of General Kanetoshi Mashita. His second, a 25-year-old named Morita, tried three times to ritually behead Mishima but failed; his head was finally severed by Hiroyasu Koga. Morita then attempted to commit seppuku himself. Although his own cuts were too shallow to be fatal, he gave the signal and he too was beheaded by Koga.

Has any Japanese politician committed seppuku since 8/15/45?

Mayor Nagin, should he choose to stand for reelection, will face the voters next year. Governor Blanco, should she choose to stand for relection, will face the voters in 2007. A number of police officers in New Orleans will undoubtedly stand before judges and administrative boards. The people of New Orleans and Louisiana, subject lawful constraints, will pass judgement and that, in my opinion, is as it should be.