Kathleen Blanco: “They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded. These troops know how to shoot and kill, and I expect they will.”

We need your help. We need everything you've got.

We would not be here today if the levees had not failed.

You know, here in Louisiana, we feel like we are citizens of the United States who are nearly forgotten.

The only people who are deserving of Katrina fatigue are the Louisiana folks who have been in the trenches now for over two months.