John Carville : Florida has been abused and neglected too long . He says the region 's oil fields and ports have hurt the economy . In the end , whatever past transgressions by the country toward us or whatever our failures to articulate our plight have been , we should be reminded of the words of Admiral Lord Nelson just before the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 : `` England expects that every man will do his duty . '' Rivers have been harmed by storms , hurting fishing , he says . Flooding from Katrina , BP , were mostly - preventable man - made disasters , he says .
John Carville : Florida has been abused and neglected too long . He says the region 's oil fields and ports have hurt the economy . Rivers have been harmed by storms , hurting fishing , he says . Flooding from Katrina , BP , were mostly - preventable man - made disasters , he says .