It seems rather appropriate that the Fourth of July celebration here in Wichita got rained out. Mother Nature is hardly the only one putting a damper on America's penchant for self-celebration lately. Rain has become a constant feature here this month, as if someone else's monsoon has gotten lost and wound up on the edge of what used to, and most likely will again, be called the Great American Desert. As it is, much of southeast Kansas is flooded, including an ecological disaster in Coffeyville, where the toxic waste of one of America's smaller oil refineries has been spread about town. This will most likely lead to another large, unbudgeted cleanup bill -- Bush has already bankrupted the Superfund meant to cover environmental disasters.