FEMA'S DISGUSTING DOUBLE STANDARDS

FEMA may have been a bit slow to respond to the Katrina disaster but it's right on the ball in Los Angeles, where a huge wildfire threatens a large number of multi-million dollar homes. Well-heeled locals have reportedly been evacuated by a fleet of stretch-limos organised by FEMA. Evacuees will eventually be accommodated aboard one of the Carnival cruise ships originally intended for Katrina evacuees – the three ships chartered at the bargain basement price of $263 million for six months. Funny old world, ain't it.

Oh yeah, FEMA didn't really evacuate anyone from the fire; just like in New Orleans, locals were left to sort things out for themselves.