While the Left may think a horrible hurricane is their time to shine with a new round of anti-Bush rhetoric, they are, sadly, not alone. Those on the Right can be just as bad.

I like to listen to AM radio when I drive any distance. This afternoon I was flipping channels when I came across a replay of a Charlie Sykes show from sometime earlier this week. Now, normally I like Sykes. We even link to him. Today, however, he was irritating me. One of his short hurricane-related rants made fun of Planned Parenthood for offering free birth control to Katrina refugees. Sykes acted like this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard of. But what else should Planned Parenthood do? They're in the business of providing reproductive services to women. To help refugees they're doing what they're good at. Makes sense to me.

To my mind, Sykes and others used this bit of news as an opportunity to attack an organization he doesn't like (and for no good reason at all). It's just like the Left using the hurricane to attack Bush, global warming and our dependence on fossil fuels.

Some of us are just political animals. We live and breathe politics. But, there are times when thinking politics first makes us nothing more than, well, animals. I think this is one of those times.