Hurricane Ivan

Look forward to another weekend of non-stop Florida coverage.

I'm much more worried about Cuba where people can't even protect with plywood or stock up on supplies because we're still fighting the Cold War-cum-Old-Cuban-Exile-Nonsense with them. Really nice, eh? The worst thing for Cuba right now may not be Castro (and no, I am not a fan of Mr. Castro) but the U.S. and fools like Ros-Lehtinen and all the Diaz-Ballarts in Congress.

Ivan has flattened whole sections of the Caribbean with Grenada having more than 90% of its buildings flattened. The main economy there is GONE (the spice plantations razed and tourism not expected to reappear for some time).

So forgive me if I don't spend a third straight weekend fretting about the people who CHOOSE to live in a tin can called a trailer in Florida. We're all paying the price - because Bush keeps pumping huge amounts in there to help fuel his reelection - for their stupid, stupid, stupid decision. Next hurricane, we'll buy them yet a new trailer. Meanwhile, there's Cuba, Grenada and Jamaica badly affected.