The Japanese People

Who doesn't hate a tragedy? Even when there's an earthquake in Iran and thousands die I say a prayer for those who suffer. Since the earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan I've been reading quite a few sources on what's going on in the country. I've been doing some comparisons on what would be the response in this country if we were subjected to this disaster. Understand that I'm picking and choosing but it's mental fertilizer for me. There was a story about 160 engineers exposing themselves to radiation by trying to shut down the nuclear reactors. I'd like to think we have some guys do the same. You know what I haven't seen; rioting in the streets, vandalism running rampant. There haven't been any pictures of people leaving appliance stores with televisions over their heads. Have you noticed young people looting? Not I. Think back to Katrina. Well, maybe you shouldn't. It should cause embarrassment.
There could be up to 10,000 deaths in Japan. That's horrible. Maybe there's a media crackdown in Japan. Has anyone started to play the blame game? Remember when the WTC's were destroyed and shortly thereafter Queen Hillary bloviated in the Senate, "Bush knew". Wasn't George Bush vilified by the media and Dems for his slow response in New Orleans after Katrina? Does one think the media drove this story along with Dems? If not, look up Ray "school bus" Nagin and Kathleen Blanco to see how well they performed. Nothing in Japan, to my knowledge has been politicized. What's wrong with these people? Aren't they normal and sophisticated like us?
To date, our leaders and citizens could take a lesson from the Japanese on working together to solve problems and alleviating the consequences of a 'Natural Disaster'.
In the meantime our President could show a little more concern for the people from The Land of the Rising Sun by staying off the golf course.