Listening to the interview with the New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin makes you wonder what the hell is happening there, is it incompetence or just that they couldn't be bothered. If they'd asked Mexico or even Venzuela for aid I bet they'd have it by now.
Download this MP3 of Tom Barman's (of deus) version of the Randy Newman song Lousiana 1927 (MP3 link) which contains the immortal line President says...ain't it a shame what the river has done to this poor crackers land, seems little has changed.

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