They could not smell the putrid mud that covered the ninth ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina passed, or the stink of subprime mortgages leaching their poison into the financial system.

• 他们没有嗅到卡特琳娜过境之后新奥尔良州九号选区中腐泥的味道，也不曾闻到次级贷款渗入财政系统中那些毒素的恶臭。