During the past week, many, people have done unbelievable work after the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina.

Many, many people have written about it, as well: those who were there and those who were not.

And then there is John Edwards. Yesterday, he sent out a note to his political supporters which read, in part:

During the campaign of 2004, I spoke often of the two Americas: the America of the privileged and the wealthy, and the America of those who lived from paycheck to paycheck. I spoke of the difference in the schools, the difference in the loan rates, the difference in opportunity. All of that pales today. Today - and for many days and weeks and months to follow - we see a harsher example of two Americas. We see the poor and working class of New Orleans who don't own a car and couldn't evacuate to hotels or families far from the target of Katrina.

There are two Americas: One for those interested in abhorrent opportunism, and one you can read about here and here.

There are also two stories: The story of those whose eyes are focused on what the government is or isn't doing. And the other of those whose eyes are focused on what Americans are doing and not doing.

Americans seem to be doing quite a bit.