Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Local Leadership needs to solve local problems, which is what this thread is about. The leadership in New Orleans has been abysmal, but they have re-elected the people responsible for the problems dealing with the Katrina aftermath.

The Federal Government is not responsible for the management of the cleanup. The city is.
I agree. Local Leadership should solve local problems. And yes, you are right the people of New Orleans have in fact, re-elected the folks who have shown ineptness in these matters. BUt when local leadership fails, isn't it time for larger, more powerful entities to step in and lend a hand. No... not by doing... but by showing how and establishing the means (training, volunteer organizing and collective deployment of availabale resources).

Haven't we - as a nation - sort of done the same. Haven't "we" re-elected a President who has failed to implement his many campaign promises and has become embroiled in a war that he has shown us to be incapable of managing?