From: Tony Williams 

John Beckett wrote:

> On the political side of this disaster, my concern is that the US is
> being shown as a lot more vulnerable to disturbances than we in the
> rest of the world would have imagined.

If the hurricane had hit a third world country the US would have known
exactly how to help. Cleaning up a major city in at home appears to be a
bit more difficult, not least because of the local politics. This guy has
an interesting take:

http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2005-09/03parenti.cfm

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> Everyone was expected to devise their own way out of the disaster
> area by private means, just as the free market dictates, just like
> people do when disaster hits free-market Third World countries.
>
> It is a beautiful thing this free market in which every individual
> pursues his or her own personal interests and thereby effects an
> optimal outcome for the entire society. This is the way the invisible
> hand works its wonders.
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D'you think he's being sarcastic?

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Tony

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