Just to put things in perspective:

Hurricane Katrina has left hundreds of thousands of people without homes or power;

New Orleans is under water.

At least 80 people are dead.

So what are the left-wing blogs worried about?

Chris Bowers:

Is it just me, or was the subject already thoroughly changed from the war to the hurricane? The news seems to have changed dramatically over the past two days, and I am having difficulty finding things to write that are related to politics