That didn’t take long. Six months ago, residents of New Orleans put aside their differences and looked forward together, trying to rebuild. The murder rate plummeted.
But now it seems that the residents of a gated subdivision are demanding that FEMA not put a trailer park near their houses. Half the city’s still in shambles, but already the NIMBY politics have set in. America, your ability to forget the past and return to normal life is amazing, frustrating, wonderful, and heartbreaking.
Now Playing: Episode 371
Appointments gone amok, what Bernie Madoff represents, and finally, our thoughts on the latest conflict in Gaza.
Links Mentioned: Richardson drops out … Coryn threatens not to seat Franken … Thomas Schweich on the Office of Personnel.
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