Interesting and timely comment from Vox:

The problems of New Orleans are not of the federal government's creation - except perhaps for the levees, but I don't know who was ultimately responsible for them - and the tendency to blame the president is indicative of the socialist sickness that infects this country. But the disaster still serves as a powerful reminder that even the most powerful government has its limits, that not all things are possible through it and that a nation's responsibility to its own citizens must supersede any desire to do something for those who are not citizens.

People around the world are taking note that America is not as poweful and immune from disasters as they once thought. I love this nation and the freedom it gives and the democratic ways it eminates worldwide, but if you look at the events of the past five years we begin to see the armor losing its luster.