Are we there yet?

Are we there yet? I mean the there in Gertrude Stein's famous statement, "there's no there, there." Maybe we'd do better to look into Alice in Wonderland. George W. Bush said today (maybe it was yesterday) that he (himself, I gather) is going to look into "what went wrong and what went right." Please, try to control the hysterical laughter. The world's most incompetent man is going to investigate the most incompetent bunch of incompetent nincompoops ever assembled under one administration? I guess there is little doubt as to the outcome of such an investigation. It was all Bill Clinton's fault (except for the fact that it was the Mayor's fault, the Governor's fault, the fault of the stupid people who didn't evacuate the city, the fault of the stupid hurricane that didn't turn east fast enough, the fault of the stupid people who built a city below sea level in the first place, the fault of everyone on earth except for those whose fault it actually was). How would anyone have ever thought the levees would fail (except for the fact that the failure has been anticipated since 1832!). Well, folks, we have now reached the point of below zero credibility. If Bush/Cheney and their minions get away with escaping responsibility yet again you might as well make out your wills - because we will surely all be doomed.

This is not the time for the "blame game." Especially as we know exactly where the blame lies. Before pointing fingers we should wait until later, after we have saved everyone and New Orleans flourishes again (and by that time Bush will no longer be President). Not only will he be retired from his "Presidency," he will also presumably be sitting on the porch of Trent Lott's new multi-million dollar mansion on the gulf sipping mint juleps with Ken Lay and others involved in this criminal conspiracy. A well deserved rest after all his really hard, hard work pretending to be President. He will no doubt have given himself the Presidential Medal of Honor for having duped the largest number of religious right-wing lunatics ever. He will have outRobertson's and outFalwell's achievements by such large margins as to become sainted (I have no doubt the Pope will agree to this).

Also by this time all those poor black people who used to live in New Orleans will be blissfully happy in Texas where the hospitality meets the sky and everyone lives happily ever after. Just ask Barbara, but don't strain her beautiful mind too much. I used to wonder whether to laugh or cry. Now I just cry. Every day. I will no doubt continue to do so until I see Bush/Cheney and the rest of the crazies held accountable for their war crimes.