I don't think it's fair to call them "insurgents" -- they're just trying to beat back an occupation, trying to keep the local resources for themselves... Call them "freedom fighters."

I heard the interview with an ambulance driver who'd been shot at. I saw women sifting through shoe-boxes, and others wading through the streets with new clothes still on hangers. Frylock today told me he saw a clip of someone scurrying off with a case of ketchup.

A case of ketchup? Was the guy planning to hijack a cheeseburger truck next?

Bonus question: is hurricane-ravaged New Orleans more or less capable of self-government than war-torn Iraq? Use your blue-books to write your essay.