It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights. Yes we can. It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness. Yes we can.
If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.
LA needs the cleansing of a great disaster or founding of a barricaded commune.