BBC reporter Matt Wells on the situation in New Orleans

And personally, I think he pretty much sums it up here:

The uneasy paradox which so many live with in this country - of being first-and-foremost rugged individuals, out to plunder what they can and paying as little tax as they can get away with, while at the same time believing that America is a robust, model society - has reached a crisis point this week. 

But then, I'm such a leftie-bolshie Blue State Liberal.

So if you think the poverty-stricken/elderly/diabetic people in New Orleans should have gotten off their lazy butts and hired, you know, like a limo or something to take them far away from Katrina, don't click here.

--P.