Stop the blame game

I keep hearing from the local governments and the feds that we should stop "playing the blame game" concerning Katrina.

Why in the world would we want to do that? Of course the folks who might be to blame would like everyone to stop trying to find out who is at fault. If we stop doing this for long enough we are likely to get distracted by another event of some sort (or just forget about it) so nobody has to take responsibility.

I think it is very important right now to keep researching who is at fault. I don't see how this is interfering with the rescue and emergency procedures. However, right now is when the evidence if on the surface and we might actually be able to figure out what happened (and is happening), rather than wait until things have been smoothed over (and possibly hidden). This is a great time to figure out who is responsible for what.

One of the reasons that we might want to play the blame game right now is that some of the folks who are to blame are still in positions of authority. If they are to blame because they are incapable of doing the job, we better find that out, get them out and replace them with folks who are capable of doing the job. It is totally stupid to avoid looking at this while it is going on if it means leaving incompetent people in charge - we are not yet finished with the work.