It's easier for me to believe that Republicans understand the dynamics involved in poverty and oppression and just choose to ignore them. That would be a conscious choice that, while inherently evil, is at least something they have some control over.

But with the latest idiocy being spewed by PA Senator Rick Santorum, combined with the obnoxious chortling of that pitbull in pearls Barbara Bush, I'm beginning to think they're just stupid. At the very least, it's a combination of the two.

How can anyone look at the devastation in Louisianna or Mississippi or Alabama, with the poor, disadvantaged and people of color most affected, and either minimize their suffering because of their economic status or actually blame and try to fine them for being poor? These people are just wretched.

The only rational conclusion is this: they are both ignorant and mean-spirited. They either can't or won't see past their own privilege.

Frankly, at this point I don't care. The only thing that matters now is helping the survivors and ignoring the heartless morons who are doing nothing productive in this crisis.