Have you heard the cries that Louisiana is unable to take care of its problems and should be treated differently than other states? Some even say, 'OK, then — make it a protectorate of the federal government.' And you know what? Maybe that isn't too bad of an idea.
The proposal gained traction recently when Froma Harrop, a nationally syndicated columnist, broached the idea in print. 'Louisiana has had more than its share of tragedies in recent years, and some, such as Hurricane Katrina, could be deemed acts of nature. But whatever the cause, every calamity that befalls Louisiana is made worse by a corrupt civic nature. A protectorate could provide the structure of government people need.'
CNN travel editor Chuck Thompson drove the dagger in deeper in his recently released book, Better Off Without 'Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession. He summed up his, and purportedly other Yankee feelings, by calling the leadership down here in the Deep South 'a coalition of bought-andpaid- for political swamp scum from the most uneducated, morbidly obese, racist, morally indigent, xenophobic, socially stunted, and generally ass-backwards part of the country.'
