Granted, Kanye grew up in far more comfortable conditions than the poverty-level people who suffered worst from Katrina, and therefore couldnt exactly 'relate' to them...but he was the ONLY person, with the attention of the whole country, to stand up, ignore PCness, and let the Bush Administartion know in terms they might be able to understand that they were doing a tragic and embarassing job in New Orleans. And for that, he was ridiculed by everyone else in this country who are plainly too ignorant to know this was alot more than just, 'why dint they just get in there cars and get outta there?'