New Orleans

Scout Prime posts on the lack of true progress in New Orleans. The Kid, over at The Twins' place got me watching Top Gear on BBC-America. It's a fun show & this is what they said about America & the lack of rebuilding in New Orleans:

A year had passed since Katrina had blown through, and we sort of assumed that after 12 months the wealthiest nation on earth would have fixed it. But we were wrong. How can the rest of America sleep at night knowing that this is here?

That was from a year ago. Nothing much has changed. Scout Prime:

In March of 2007 little had changed from the previous visit. A few homes on the block had been demolished and now there were more empty lots. And on my latest visit in August of 2007 I saw a few more homes had been demolished. More empty lots. And I wondered if in August of 2005, would Americans have thought the measure for progress in the rebuilding of New Orleans 2 years out would be --empty lots. Yet that is nearly the only thing I could report in terms of progress for this block. Well nearly.... but first regarding those empty homes and lots.