Good Job, Louisiana!

You know, in the most recent course of events, there are many things I could talk about:

• McCain and his GILF VP pick (roar!)
• Hottie McGilferson (wow!)
• Vice President Hot-a-licious

As you can see, there are several valid subjects that I'd like to blog about, but instead of being cynical or a lusting, sinful dog (in the best sense of the word), I'm going to give a compliment.

God bless you, Ray Nagin. You got it right. So did you Louisiana, so did you, FEMA.

After the last cycle of finger-pointing and laying the blame at everyone else's feet. Ya'll finally got it right.

Nagin: You kept abreast of the storm, alerted the city and still ordered an evacuation with plenty of time for everyone to get out (I-10 was a zoo, but whaddayagonnado?), set up a functional Emergency Operations Center, and only recently invited citizens back to the city with fair warning that repairing the power grid would take weeks to be completed.

Negroponte: You told local authorities what you had, where it was at, how long it would take to get there, and ensured you were ready to deliver everything promised, and more. Except for ice. That kind of sucks, but whaddayagonnado?

Bush: You immediately declared a state of emergency in about 18 Parrishes. I don't know how you could've messed this one up (though in your defense, that should really be your only job, so whaddayagonnado?).

Good job, everyone. I'm glad to know that your fair cities survived. There's some rebuilding left to do, sure, but at least ya'll had your act together.

See what you can do when you all work together?

RB