I couldn't help but wonder just Brian Williams really meant last night when Keith Olbermann asked him to, well, set the long-term story line/perspective for the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis-St. Paul:
...you have to remember this area, no one who spent time in the Twin Cities, no one has come away not impressed with the quality of life here and the good people to be found here. They have a good thing going. It‘s a kind of compact population of 400,000 and so this will be acutely felt.
Okey-dokey, Mr. Williams. Seriously, though, while I'm sure the Twin Cities DO have "a good thing going" (provided you don't mind the seasonal deep freeze), and yes, the tragedy will definitely be "acutely felt," I find it instructive that similar verbiage is missing when discussing New Orleans. Interestingly, New Orleans has--or maybe I should say had--a similar sized population, and, whether or not Mr. Williams is "impressed with the quality of life" down HERE, the fact is that, pre-Federal Flood, an exceptionally high percentage of residents were very satisfied with their quality of life.
So, Brian, I wonder what you really meant...channeling a bit of your inner Rush Lamebone, perhaps?
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