Thousands of Hurricane Rita Evacuees Stranded Along the Highway

CNN is reporting thousands of motorists are now stranded along Texas roadways after being trapped in monsterous traffic jams while attempting to evacuate in the face of Hurricane Rita.

I feel our country's weak infrastructure is more plainly visible in the light of natural disasters. For instance, no mass public transportation means thousands--tens of thousands--of the nation's most vulnerable citizens, the poor (hell, the Middle Class for that matter) and the elderly on fixed incomes have been especially hard-hit.

The people you saw living like animals in the New Orleans Convention Center were there because they did not own cars. And as we all know, if you don't own a car in America, you're screwed.

It's time to change that too....