Obviously, though, Congress is not the reason for the hurricane’s devastation (even Mary Landrieu). There’s so much blame-gaming going on in the 24/7 coverage that that’s a bleedingly obvious point probably worth stating anyway as we (rightly) rail against the waste of the highway bill.

In all of the fingerpointing at the federal government, when the time comes, the inefficiences at the local level have got to be focused on equally if not more. A rebuilding of that mess would not be a worthwhile investment, needless to say.