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"After 11 years of Republican majority we've pared it down pretty good."

--Tom DeLay, declaring an "ongoing victory" over federal budgetary waste, in The Washington Times, September 14

"If ... the American government would have responded like Wal-Mart has responded, we wouldn't be in this crisis."

--Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard discussing FEMA'S response to Hurricane Katrina on CNN, September 4. Wal-Mart had tried to deliver three trucks of drinking water to the parish but was turned back by reds.

"Last night, we showed you the full force of a super-power government going to the rescue."

--Chris Matthews, commenting on the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, September 1

"The Ramones, The Clash, and those who followed their lead would have totally rocked as program...