Now I'm really going to come off as a heartless dweeb with no sense of propriety:

Remember the old "Dr. Pepper" jingle? ("I'm a Pepper. He's a pepper. She's a pepper. We're a pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too? Dr. Pepper") Being subject to all of the one year memorials for Hurricane Katrina it occurred to me that we could be done with it all if everyone would just sing at the top of their voices, "I'm a victim. He's a victim. She's a victim. We're a victim. Wouldn't you like to be a victim too?"

These days EVERYONE loves to be a victim. A victim of racial or sexual discrimination. A victim of this and a victim of that. What happened to the America that just sucked it up? Huh? You never hear those of the Depression/World War II era bitchin' and moanin' how bad they had it. They dealt with their misery and just went on living productive lives no matter what crap life had thrown at them. It comes down to these people just need to get their shit together and rebuild than spending all of the time and energy complaining how bad they had it. Other parts of the country have had their disasters (granted, not with the magnitude of Katrina).

NEW ORLEANS - Bells tolled in this shattered city Tuesday morning, marking the moment one year earlier when New Orleans' levees buckled and unleashed a torrent of water that ripped homes from their foundations and sent tens of thousands of residents into an uncertain exile.