It's not just the sound of autumn leaves I hear on the wind. I can hear the squeaking of thousands of rats deserting the "S.S. Obama" as it slowly sinks. The mayhem has only just begun. Pelosi dismissed Congress with much left undone, so her minions can attempt fundraising and salvaging their careers back home before the inevitable house-cleaning. Madame Speaker can kiss her gavel goodbye. That's no excuse for being complacent, however. These paragons of pestilence will be voted out, but you have to VOTE to make it happen. Don't count on anyone else to do it for you. ( Except in Chicago, where even the dead vote on a regular basis.) No matter who you support or what you believe, express it. You can't gripe if you don't vote, after all.