The brains have been drained away, and no new transfusion is being brought in to replace them.
And just recently they sent William Jefferson BACK to Congress. Like they had never even been listening.
An already none-too-bright local population just got dumbed down even further, but mercifully, they are in much smaller numbers than they once were.
Remember that fine cinema classic, "Escape from New York"? I have a better idea. And like a Mexican toilet, it flushes out every few years.