Tonight on CNN......

A reporter was interviewing an old man in New Orleans who had stayed in the city during the hurricane. He lost everything.... his house and everything in it. The reporter asked him if he thought he made a mistake by staying, and if he'd agree to move out of the city. The man's response was that he didn't leave because that was his home, and he'd do it again if he had to. He also said he wouldn't be moving... for the same reason-- "This here is my home."

The same reporter asked the man if he was angry because of the loss of his house. The man's reply: "This isn't the time to be angry. This is the time to rejoice. I'm alive, and my family is alive. This here that we lost is just material things. We've still got each other."

I wish to the heavens that CNN would keep showing that interview, instead of focusing on the less than one percent of New Orleans' citizens who made life a living hell for those inside the Superdome. There will also be a small segment of any society that will try and bully their way through the world. Unfortunately, that segment gets most of the media's attention.

The quiet people, the ones who tried to protect their children, their homes, their pets, their city.... those are the ones that we see and hear less of. And those are the ones who can teach us the best and the most important lessons.