So there you have it: Bush has his legacy. That would be the pictures of starving babies, of corpses being eaten by rats, of tens of thousands of homeless refugees in a major American city. That would be the thousands of victims of a drowned city, left unprotected by his budget, by his federal government, by repugs that had sexier things to pay for than disaster reponse, by repugs that sent our troops to fight, and lose, a war that we didn't need to fight. Dear Leader and his cohorts, his apologists, his lickspittle media, are complicit in the murder of our fellow citizens. That's really all there is to say.

What's next? First, after we bury Bush's victims and drain Lake George - which is what the people of New Orleans are calling their city now, recalling the Hoovervilles of years past - Americans need to get busy and rip out repugs and their filthy, inhuman ideology root and branch. It's no longer Democrats versus Republicans - no, it's Americans versus repugs.

The NYS congressional delegation needs to demand a full resolution of inquiry, no holds barred, and lay out exactly what happened. Any rep that does not sign on to this should face massive opposition in next year's election. Then, we need to get busy and throw out every single repug from office. Every. Single. One. Throw them out at the ballot box, impeach them, indict them, I don't care - just get them out.

New Yorkers should also ponder what would happen if - rather, when - we ever face a disaster again. Bush's FEMA has just glaringly demonstrated their lack of competence. I hesitate to think what would happen if we ever need to evacuate the five boroughs.

Think of that when repug Bill Frist rams through the repeal of the estate tax next week. Think of the dying children when Specter starts the Roberts hearings next week. Think of that when next Sean Hannity or the other filthy repug apologists take to the airwaves. Think of that in November, this year and next.

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