All the staties and lokies had to do was keep a lid on things until the cavalry came. That's all they had to do. Nagin was shameless again today, talking like he was barking orders at the president and governor. He needs to keep his squeaky little trap closed -- especially after the revelations about him choppering his family out and pulling strings to get his friends out the superdome.
Greta had an interesting interview with Rick Perry. She asked him why Texas was so ready to go, he said well, we've had a lot of disasters. We practice, and we heeded the lessons of 9-11. It's not magic, it's called having the grownups in charge.