Watch: Texas will receive more attention now that FEMA's feet are to the fire.
Not that that makes Texans less capable. But they can expect to reap the fruits of learning from Louisiana's tragedy.
Sure, people need to exercise responsibility, for themselves and for each other. Delegating some of that responsibility to the government is "responsibility for each other" writ very large. Without a sense of mutual responsibility, we don't have a nation. We have a series of gated communities, and a large group of people without keys to them.