Always remember that the Republicans want to drown government in the bathtub, which is why they can’t govern.

And in New Orleans, we can see what happens when Republicans get their way, and drown a whole city.

Republicans didn’t protect NOLA before Katrina, they let NOLA drown during Katrina, and even now that they’ve turned NOLA red by leaving the Ninth Ward to rot, they’re still screwing it up. AP:

New Orleans infested with wildlife
In the year since Hurricane Katrina drove out many of the people of New Orleans, wild animals have been moving in. Some were blown in by the winds or redistributed by the floodwaters. Others were drawn by the piles of rotting garbage and by the shelter afforded by all the abandoned homes and tall weeds.

Of course, for the the Republicans who, erm, like animals—more than a few—it’s all good.

But not for people who want to live in the city:

Alligators have been dragged from abandoned swimming pools. Foxes had to be removed from the airport. Coyotes are stalking rabbits and nutria (a sort of countrified rat) in city streets. And armadillos are undermining air conditioning units.

Hey, where are the feral hogs?