From deep in the heart of Texas

The irrepressible Molly Ivins:

Look, this is rank, nasty business -- corruption, cronyism and competence (the lack thereof) are the issues here. And as we have so recently and so painfully been reminded, when government is run by corrupt, incompetent cronies, real people pay a real price. There is nothing abstract about swollen bodies floating in flooded streets or dozens of old people dead in nursing homes.

And while we were at Working For Change, we remembered that we forgot to link to this classic This Modern World last week. In case you missed it.