The national grid is certainly "business as usual" - it was inevitable that it'd fall down sometime, but it's not Bush's fault.

Nor were the New Orleans levees, which had been underfunded for 30 years.

Nor is the tax code - all western countries seem to have these obscenely crufty tax codes that even the accountants can't figure out. (The UK actually goes one better - even the tax office can't figure it out. And in a neat twist, if the tax office charge you the wrong amount, *you* are liable for interest on the difference if they realise later that they screwed it up.)

Nor is outsourcing abroad. It's always happened, and the outsourcing of call centres is a natural consequence of the cheap high-speed internet connections that we all want.

Everything else though - yep, I'd agree with that.

Graham.