Fucking pathetic

The mayor of New Orleans is looking to France and Jordan (among other countries perhaps) for aid to rebuild the city. It may well be a (smart) publicity stunt on his part, but hey, I'll take the bait and just add to the chorus of WTF is wrong with our government?? Reuters reports:

French Transport Minister Dominique Perben, leading the French delegation to a city that was founded by France in 1718, said, "This catastrophe has deeply upset the French people and the French government."

France, Perben said through a translator, "wants to be a long-term partner for Louisiana and New Orleans."

It's absolutely ridiculous that it should come to this for N.O. We're returning to colonization as a method for domestic recovery. But now we have Ebay! Maybe we can auction off the French Quarter or something. Sick.