Dear Mr. Moyer, I watched your story covering the “Recovery Gone Wrong” in response to hurricane Katrina posted on the website below: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11162007/watch2.html The covering of the rehabilitation efforts in Mississippi was both an informative and eye-opening documentary. I have heard first hand the terrible environment that is left in Mississippi is far worse than outsiders hope to imagine. I have had numerous friends volunteer their time during their spring breaks to help rebuild homes for those who are desperately in need. It truly is a shame that the efforts of the government are more focused on generating future revenue for themselves and the state rather than to fix and help those who are in dire need in the present. The fact that the Governor requested freedom from control over how to allocate funds should have set off a few more alarms in Washington. It is a crime that there are still families living below the poverty level in trailers while $600 million is being pulled from the housing budget to be spent on rebuilding the ports of Mississippi. One can argue that there is the need for a safe port—however the amount being spent on the ports should not...

I don't intend to leave a long diatribe regarding the FCC's idea to further allow the private sector to consolidate medias, but I will just say, as a fellow U.S. citizen committed to the idea of freedom of information, we all must ensure our public communications maintain as much diversity as possible. I agree that the current proposal to allow media companies to purchase multiple forms of media in a locale is a mistake. Right now, I live in China and witness first-hand how a state-run media operation is dangerously uniform and frankly corrupt. To get media to cover a newsworthy event, you must pay a bribe, it's that simple. There is no competition, and therefore incentive, that forces media to be creative in their coverage. In the U.S., the FCC Chairman's argument is to let the airwaves be 'less regulated' and more subject to the free market. However, by allowing over-consolidation, the effect of information control is just as much a risk whether it be through the private sector or by a government (like China). I see the dire results of such hegemony of information in China and believe the Chairman's idea would exacerbate this risk for the U.S...

I am sickened by what so many take for granted, all out greed and moral corruption in our local, state and federal government. I have heard too often now how useless it is to stop our elected officials from stealing the resources needed so the non-elected people can help one another in this collaboration we call a city, or a state or a nation. When so many people work together to support the existance of a community and then a small group of people can undo that work with a pen stroke or a word, is it any wonder we feel powerless in many of our efforts? consolidated power in local, state and national government keeps the majority of people from being empowered with the resources they need to responsibly help one another in a cooperative living style. In fact we are told that if we were to take these resources and place them in the hands of the people they would be squandered in greed and ignorance. Now reflect on the way the local, state and federal government has handled resources for the Katrina hurricane. Who do we see squandering resources from a place of greed and ignorance?

Bravo! At least there is one Journalist with courage left in America. Maybe with the help of the 12 patriots left you can overturn the New World Order and restore democracy to the U.S. I'm from the Katrina Coast and was heartened and surprised to see the coverage of the money and land grab in the aftermath of Katrina. You must have been reading the script in my heart. Maybe soon, you will cover the true bottom line issue in America; the New World Order's push to take over the world and abolish the U.S. Constitution and Government, T-R-E-A-S-O-N! A video on Youtube called Octopus911 is a great place to start. This executed conspiracy has many arms and almost everything that has mainstream, middle-class and poor Americans up in arms is part of this "octopus". One of the big issues is whether "Bible Believing" Christians believe that the "Tribulation" and destruction of the Revelations prophecy are avoidable or inevitable. This would explain their apathy and failure to act in defense of their country against the New World Order's operations. A firm understanding of the New World Order's plans; is like a road map, explaining all the apparent "blunders" of this...

Your programs regarding Katrina have all been great. However, neither your program nor any other I have ever seen have ever addressed two very important subjects. I guess that because I was educated as a Nuclear Physicist, I tend to look at things very analytically and carefully, but I am truly amazed that I have never been able to get anyone interested in either of these during the past two and a half years! (1) There will certainly be thousands of deaths IN the FEMA trailers whenever the next hurricane hits. Without doubt! In the Midwest, ALL mobile homes are REQUIRED to have cables attached to earth anchors, to keep mobile homes from being carried away by any tornado. I believe your program mentioned that there are still 18,000 FEMA trailers on the Gulf Coast? I have never seen any photos where even ONE of them was properly anchored down! That means that however many people happen to be in those 18,000 trailers when they go airborne in a hurricane, will all certainly die. FEMA claims to have "improved itself" since Katrina, but this still looks like gross incompetence to me! Thousands of people are certain to die, more than...

I don't think federal funds should go to casino operators even if it is the only business in southern Mississippi. I do hope they have more than flood insurance (and not from my company).