and selfish ambition exist

Wait a second. You mean their lives of leisure were affected by the hurricane, too? Oh the tragedy! I mean, prior to knowing that celebrity lives' were affected, I thought the Katrina devastation was small potatoes. But to hear that they, too, were affected? This now becomes a national tragedy.

If you feel that your voice is so important that it adds any layer of pain to an already grave situation, you're farther gone than you can imagine. Attach a "self-" to that importance, and you'll be on target.