Floodwaters have subsided across much of Louisiana. The flood of Washington red tap is now holding up the recovery. It's politics over people, the new American way.
The concerns of Louisiana small business owners were heard yesterday on Capitol Hill. Senator David Vitter hosted several residents in a hearing on small business recovery from the recent flooding.
A video of an 18-wheeler driver rejecting reality, and injecting his own has gone viral. This trucker had somewhere to get, and he wasn't going to let 4-feet of flood water stop him.