The big disconnect, part deux

It turns out the Department of Homeland Security is preventing the Red Cross from entering New Orleans. Link

It is one thing to be incompetent - that to a large extent is to be expected from government - but it is another thing entirely to actively block efforts to assist. Simply amazing.

Update: Don Boudreaux, an economics prof at George Mason, posted previously on this same issue. He offers a cogent critique, well worth reading. Link