But you see, those buses wouldn't even be under so much water in the first place had the levees been allowed the money requested to reinforce them, which didn't happen only because Bush decided to spend it murdering Iraqis instead. Just because the mayor fucked up something too doesn't excuse the Bush administration's gross negligence, nor does it excuse FEMA's flat-out denial of necessary aid to the needy. If there's any lesson to be learned from all this, it's that bureaucracy kills.