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We had a large number of entries this week in the cartoon caption contest. Apparently a lot of people have some strong opinions about this tragic incidence of governmental bungling. Here are some of the best of the losing submissions. From Suzie Fowler of Wichita: "How many bureaucrats does it take to screw up a national disaster?" Joel Fein sent in "We should be arriving at the Twin Towers any time now…" Frequent winner, Bruce Cole said, "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz; what inadequate relief it is!" His daughter, Valerie, took a more poignant approach: "They gave us helmets to protect our heads, but nothing to protect our hearts." Oh, and here’s another one from Bruce: "Even our little buddy Gilligan couldn’t have screwed things up as much as we have!" He was, no doubt, reflecting on the passing of Bob Denver last week. From Udall, Mike Burley submitted "You know, if we could convince them that the terrorists were responsible for the hurricane, I think they would have given us a boat with a motor!" John and Sherrie (no last name given) took things all the way to the President with "I figure if Katrina had hit Crawford, Texas, we wouldn’t be stuck in this here paddle boat!" And Gene Elmore of Wichita took it all the way down to the local Wichita area: "The city of Wichita called and offered to pay for a consultant to study how we can peddle faster."