Most people chuckled at California when it elected Arnold Schwarzenegger governor. But the sheer competence of the state government’s reaction to the appalling wild fires that are sweeping the state suggest that Arnie is much better at his job than many professional politicians. Certainly, as Newsweek points out, the contrast to Katrina could not be starker.
You have to be impressed by any disaster response that not only gets people out in time, feeds them and shelters them but also provides volunteer masseuses to help ease the stress for the evacuees.
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