Government refuses aid from Chicago

The argument that the relief effort along the Guld coast needs cash, not manpower, holds true for the average citizen. But there's no explanation for the refusal of an internal offer of aid from another American metropolis. Refusing their assistance is tantamount to an admission that this is the biggest clusterfuck this nation has witnessed in years.

A visibly angry Mayor Daley said the city had offered emergency, medical and technical help to the federal government as early as Sunday to assist people in the areas stricken by Hurricane Katrina, but as of Friday, the only things the feds said they wanted was a single tank truck.

That truck, which the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested to support an Illinois-based medical team, was en route Friday.

"We are ready to provide more help than they have requested. We are just waiting for their call," said Daley, adding that he was "shocked" that no one seemed to want the help.

Rage isn't a partisan response to the devastation we're seeing on the Gulf coast-- it's the civilized response.