Another Perspective
High Water, High Tide
New Orleans may or may not return, but order had better, and soon.
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br> It's rough out there br> High water everywhere /em> /p>We're in for some hard times in America. How about some oil donations from our great pals the Saudis, or the Kuwaitis? Don't wait by the phone. America makes out-calls only, as usual.
It's up to the president now to make sure that the high water comes down, and that order returns to the Gulf Coast. Nothing, not even the saving of all of these lives, can be more important than the restoration of the order that American citizens, rich or poor, have come to expect as our birthright. Without it, we're left with flowing waters and outstretched hands, imagery from a Third World we have always kept at bay. For all of the very real pathos we are seeing unfold before us, it is that specter, I think, that is haunting Americans the most.
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