the rix mix

If Iraq is the 1000 pound gorilla of George The Second's administration, Katrina is the name of his 300 pound canary, & although he failed to mention it, the bird chirped away like a Gulf Coast foghorn throughout the domestic agenda portion of his speech. Never mind that his skimpy à la carte list of suggestions - healthcare, energy, immigration, education - all represent past failures of his six years in office, when he had a friendly, compliant congress sitting before him. Anyway, who could take their eyes off Speaker Nancy Pelosi? She was the one controlling the applause sign.