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It's too bad Jefferson couldn't have used his acumen for getting deals done to get the 17th Street Canal levee upgraded.

"Hannity and Colmes" co-host Sean Hannity persisted and asked Jefferson, given his knowledge of the condition of the levee, when "we knew the storm was coming, why didn't we get the people out?"

The congressman's reply: "Well, I'm not sure I know the answers to all those questions."

Jesse Jackson is now touring through Louisiana. Where was he as Katrina thundered toward New Orleans, with a population almost 70 percent black and poor? He was in Venezuela embracing President Hugo Chavez, who the week before was in Cuba visiting his good friend Fidel Castro and who also includes among his friends Zimbabwe's despot, Robert Mugabe.

It's time for those who really care about the condition of blacks to ask hard questions and be honest about the answers.

Our government mechanism for dealing with emergencies must be repaired. The emergency management task for blacks is to get ourselves out of poverty.

If we allow political opportunists to again allege racism to deflect our attention from solving the real problems of fixing our families and educating our children, surely more tragedy awaits us.

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Star Parker is president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education and author of 'Uncle Sam's Plantation.'

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Note -- The opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, views, and/or philosophy of GOPUSA.

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