In Control

The Washington Post jumps the gun in praising the way Dear Leader's New and Improved FEMA has the Rita-cane firmly under control (link thanks, Atrios).

Meanwhile, outside of Houston, 5 million people are stuck in a 100-mile long traffic jam extending beyond Dallas.

Exploding buses of evacuees in the Dallas 'burbs.

But Dear Leader's on his way- woops, nope, he heard it might get unpredictable. So he's hiding from the antiwar rally this weekend under a mountain in Colorado instead.

I wonder why? Time for another Operation Northwoods in D.C., probably. The 9/11 effect has worn off, and nobody even showed up for Rummy's spiffy Contry Music fest a couple of weeks ago.