Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe.
When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
Four years after Hurricane Ike struck Galveston on September 13, 2008 – causing the most destruction the island
had seen since the Great Storm of 1900 – the historic beach town is reporting summer 2012 as its best peak tourism season on record.
Yet, there are still so many abandoned homes and businesses yet to be demolished. I know those good people in New Jersey
and New York have a long haul to fix their homes and towns. It takes years and years and a whole lot of money.