pete: welcome back. as the floodwaters begin to recede and city begins to rebuild. the pesky new york times suggests houston may to be blame for its fate? why? because of the city s growing capitalist model. really? brian: joining us with his reaction at least he claims to react to it varney and company own stuart varney getting set to host his show on 9 to noon today on fbn. if you saw this headline you have to be expecting something like thrvettle this is outrageous. the coastal elites are flat out jealous of the performance of texas and houston in particular. new york, california, the coastal elites high tax, low growth, those are the that s the characteristic of those states. houston, texas, strong growth, low tax, small government. they are a success and the californians and coastal elites are not. they come up with two reasons why houston is at fault. why houston is to blame for this flood. number one, they say that