I'm going to bypass the well documented policy decisions that lead to the crisis in the Big Easy and focus on what a real American president would have been doing since Tuesday morning (at the latest).
-A real American president would have asked every citizen in the surrounding areas to open their community's VFW halls, church centers, labor halls, community centers and high school gymnasiums and to fill these locations with warm cooked food, water, mattress, blankets and clothing, and to embrace these souls as though they are part of their immediate family and remember they're all members of the American family.
-A real American president would have asked every ambulance technician, nurse, doctor, medical student, and every retired medical practitioner in regions not affected to request a week's vacation time and to go to their closest Red Cross station to register for citizen service to begin like yesterday.
-A real American president would have asked the American people for the next few weeks to put the SUV away and use public transportation, carpools, fuel efficient vehicles and to walk when they can.
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