Are people completely stupid and insensitive? I just got this as part of an e-mail from my cousin's wife - she sent to her entire address book apparently. Did she not think I would be hurt and offended by this? I am beside myself.

"Things I have learned from the news media during the last eight days:

The hurricane only hit black family's property.

New Orleans was devastated and no other city was affected by the hurricane.

Mississippi is reported to have a tree blown down.

New Orleans has no white people.

The hurricane blew a limb off a tree in the yard of an Alabama resident.

When you are hungry after a hurricane steal a big screen TV.

The hurricane did 23 billion dollars in improvements to New Orleans. Now the whole city is on welfare.

Looters and gangs have left and are now in your city. The New Orleans mayor told them to stay there.

White folks don't make good news stories.

Don't give thanks to the thousands that came to help rescue you. Instead, bitch because the government hasn't given you a debit card yet.

Only black family members got separated in the hurricane rescue efforts.

Ignore warnings to evacuate and the federal government will come get you and give you money for being stupid.

Regardless of the thousands of buses (city and school buses) available, which were left in parking lots to be flooded by the storm, there was not a thing the New Orleans mayor could do to evacuate anyone from the city.

President Bush is the only one to blame for the storm and for the delay in getting help to New Orleans."