Over at Forgotston.com is a link to this op-ed about our fine political leadership here in Louisiana, and how well they've done post-Katrina. If you do not think the nation is laughing at us, note that the op-ed is in an Ohio paper. And it doesn't put all the blame on our leaders - it reminds us that we keep putting them there.
UPDATE: And this article in the British newspsper The Guardian.