[Sifmole]

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What the hell is your problem? Do you not think it might be bad that the first time someone sees their missing relative or friend is when they are pulled out of the flood waters on television? What exactly dont you get about photographers and their equipment taking up space on the boats? Keep stretching.

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Your ability to unquestioningly accept the proffered party line may serve you well in the military, but it ill suits an informed citizen. Faces of the dead -- to the extent they are even still recognizable -- can be blurred. And the "room on the boats" excuse is no excuse at all for keeping reporters out of the area altogether.

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Where, in this article, do you see any mention of keeping the reporters out altogether? I see two items of note:

1) FEMA refused ride-alongs in rescue boats. Their reasoning is so that maximum space is available for rescue. You say this is no reason at all? Why? These boats probably hold 6 passengers max. There will like be two crew, so that leaves 4 slots for victims. A photo ride along will thus reduce the efficiency of this rescue operation by 25%! Why can't the reporters get their own boats and go? Nowhere in this article says they can't.

2) FEMA requested that they not take pictures of the bodies. This is a REQUEST, not some federal dictate! There is no jail time, no fine, not nothing related -- just a request. They are still perfectly free to take pictures, the newspapers and new shows are still free to print them.

Be logical. There is soooo much wrong with our ruling class, and our government. But being reactionary and dumb won't help fix it.