I've heard some remarks on the news about how the US is always expected to cough up humanitarian aid when national disasters happen abroad, but when they happen here other countries don't step up with a few billion dollars to help us out. I've heard some ridiculous reasons for this, like the idea that the hurricane was caused by President Bush's failure to sign the Kyoto treaty. I've also heard that the US, being an exceedingly wealthy country, can take care of itself. And you know what...

Eye-catching title, isn't it? And the sad part is, it's not too far from what happened. I don't like to put political stuff on my blog, but I can't keep my mouth shut about this. Check out the whole story here . There's a shorter version of the story here that I didn't want to use as the main link, but it still has a quote that I had to include. "With today's decision, no one's property is safe," said Roger Pilon, director of the Center for Constitutional Studies, at the Cato...