I agree
but the problem always boils down to the Benjamins...who is gonna pay for a study of how we fscked up. Nobody wants to fiddle with an open sore, unfortunately. It is similar in context to a situation that happened in real life:
My dad got involved in a start-up venture. There were warning signs right and left that indicated the venture was being poorly managed. It went belly-up in less than a year.
My dad, at age 57, risked everything and lost. It threw him into a deep depression that haunted him until his death from multiple myeloma at age 63.
I suggested that he write a book about "how not to run a start-up". He could've made lemonade from the lemons...could have had a bestseller. But he was too embarrassed, depressed, and defeated to even put the whole mess into words. He didn't want to be a cautionary tale.
I view this whole thing in N.O. as parallel to the above. No one wants to admit their mistakes. There is too much pride on the line - more's the pity.
I will be watching to see if Nagin emerges as the one sane voice above the din.
While I don't approve of him cussing out the Feds, I admire his courage to say what the people are saying...and not mincing words into the P.C. verbiage.
I hope that someone: the academic community, a non-profit org., or anyone else with the time and resources, will shed light on what was done versus what should have been done. Unfortunately, the only way to learn is through the "School of Hard Knocks" (tm), "Hindsight 20/20" (tm), and "Doh!" (tm).
Praying for peace,
Amy
