>Could it really be true that each nation has the government it deserves?
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/19/typhoon.haitang/ - note the "evacuated one million" part.
Well about 80% of N.O. residents did leave before the storm hit.
The other 20%... it's anyone's guess. Yeah, there were the very sick and the elderly, but we saw (on TV) many very able-bodied individuals that didn't leave for some reason.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
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