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Barbor's Mississippi a no whining zone after hurricane

Washington Times:

Flood-ravaged New Orleans has dominated press coverage and political debate in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, though neighboring Mississippi took the full brunt of the storm's fury, leaving more than 10,000 residents homeless.
"We're not into whining or moping around or victimhood," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who has avoided the blame game that started in Louisiana as soon as Katrina made landfall.
The Republican governor remains optimistic, insisting that somewhere in the hurricane's devastation is "an opportunity to build the Gulf Coast back bigger and better than ever before."
His can-do attitude has drawn praise from, among others, former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, who compared Mr. Barbour's post-Katrina leadership to that of former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani after the September 11 attacks.
Mr. Barbour, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, says he's not bothered by the comparatively scant national press coverage given to his state's suffering.
"I would rather [have made] the progress that we've made than get a lot of press attention by not making progress, so it doesn't bother me that we're not on the front page of the news," he said in an interview with The Washington Times.
Though he describes his job dealing with the hurricane's aftermath in Mississippi as "a little bit like getting a drink of water out of a fire hydrant," Mr. Barbour says he's not complaining.
"I'm a heck of a lot better off than the people [on the coast] that don't have homes, that can't take a shower, that have to rely on somebody to bring them a meal," he said. "If they can deal with it, I can deal with it."