A Barrel-Full of Compassion

Yeah, I know, the ‘stragglers’, as they’re called, would be better off by leaving such unsanitary conditions, but this is going just a tad far. Then again, with how the situation has gone so far, it’s not too surprising. It might take a few days, but I forecast calls to “shoot the looters stragglers on sight” from the Ann Coulters of the world in the near future… Jage

By DOUG SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 5, 7:47 PM ET

In another effort of "encouragement," a Louisiana State Police SWAT team, armed with rifles, confronted two brothers at their home in the Uptown section of New Orleans, leaving one sobbing.

"I thought they were going to shoot me," said 23-year-old Leonard Thomas, weeping on his front porch. "That dude came and stuck the gun dead at my head."

One officer, who did not give his name, said his team tried to make sure that the two men understood that food and water is becoming scarce and that disease could begin spreading.