Katrina evacuees and the demon rum

The Herald is aghast that people of legal age are spending money on legal products and services. Will we learn tomorrow that Katrina evacuees have been photographed buying condoms and copies of Playboy?

Yeah, yeah, they were spotted drinking in public, and gosh, that's illegal here in Massachusetts and the locals would never, ever do that (plus, as the story notes, way at the bottom: "Falmouth police Chief David Cusolita said police cracked down on public drinking at the Wal-Mart after complaints last month but he reported no recent incidents").

Rob, however, finds the evacuees' actions truly absurd!!! and adds:

You know, there is NO reason why Katrina victims should be shipped all the way to Massachusetts for temporary housing except that it has politicians with Presidential aspirations who want to fawn over them. What stupidity ...

The Unchosen One is a bit more sympathetic:

... OK, I can't condone their actions, but I can't really condemn them either. These people lost everything. No houses, no clothes, sometimes no family, no jobs, nothing to do all day. I say let the poor bastards spend a few weeks wallowing. ...

My standard newspaper disclosure.