The Wall Street Journal Online reports on the federal response to Katrina. I found the link on Instapundit, where Glenn Reynolds had this line extracted from the WSJ article (in part):

As it was, cumbersome federal regulations generally prevent Mr. Bush from sending regular Army troops to enforce order …

Now, let’s have a little fun with Mad Libs!

To see how Katrina relates to nearly all regulations in America, try inserting any word you want into key areas in the above sentence:

As it was, cumbersome federal regulations generally prevent (noun) from (verb, progressive) (noun) to (noun or verb)