For the past couple of days the White House has dismissed any comparisons between their response to the California wildfires versus their non-response to Hurricane Katrina, and at every opportunity they've implied that Louisiana was to blame for the humanitarian disaster that followed in Katrina's wake. Today's White House press briefing was no different. After Perino waxed poetic about California's local governements and their top-notch evacuation plans, someone pointed out:

Q But you do admit, at least, that scenarios, income-levels, people who have a little bit more money are able to move, go somewhere, versus people who don't --

And how do you argue with that obvious truth? With a little selective amnesia:

MS. PERINO: I think that's logical. Absolutely that happens. And I think that when we see hurricanes that hit -- for example, when the hurricane hit Haiti, it affects people differently, and a lot of people lost shelter completely and didn't have anywhere else to go...We're very fortunate in America to have the means to take care of our citizens.

Yes, very fortunate: