In capitalist Louisiana, individuals are "free" to die.

Cubans are following events in Florida and Louisiana
closely with major coverage in the local media there.
Katrina's damage is a top story on Cuban TV news today.

In capitalist Louisiana, individuals are "free". They
are "free" to ignore weather warnings and "free" also
to stay behind when government orders them to leave
endangered areas. As Anatol France famously said, the
poor, like the rich, are equally free to sleep under
the bridge. Only the poor exercise this spurious type
of "freedom". In Cuba, when the government wants its
people to move out of danger, it takes responsibility
and it moves them. Here in the center of the free world,
the government does nothing, leaving the individuals in
its jurisdiction "free" to do what they want. Will they
now trumpet the damage to the poor as examples of what
capitalist freedom looks like?

When Cuba's government took responsibility to move its
people out of harm's way, the US media savaged Cuba for
its successful efforts to save lives. And then it also
continued attacking the right of people from the US
who wanted to help the Cuban people to do so on their
own. Here's an analysis of that from Nelson Valdes:

http://www.walterlippmann.com/npv-09-18-2004.html

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