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To: SARMAN who wrote (200032)	8/29/2006 11:02:15 AM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Up to today, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans still in dire straight. Good JOB Mr. Bush. I was watching CNN and that Nice General Honore was on being interviewed. He said, roughly, It took 400 years to build New Orleans, we cannot rebuild it in one year, then he was talking about getting permits, and having to wait till people came back to rebuild and then the process of permitting and applying for money, and it all takes a long time. Mayor Nagy spoke about restoring power and having to check every house to make sure there were no shorts and how it was taking so long but they needed people to do the work but that they couldn't work till power and water and sewers were working.

To: SARMAN who wrote (200032)	8/29/2006 1:20:15 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think the blame has been localized to rest on the head of: the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA. The first for building levees that couldn't withstand a 1 or maybe a lightweight 2 hurricane and the second for being a bureaucratic nitwit. This gets the Republicans screaming about how they hate big government while BEING BIG GOVERNMENT and STEALING FROM BIG GOVERNMENT. Nice hat trick that. Meanwhile, another $2 billion or so has been stolen (AGAIN) by Republican cronies. More no-bid, anti-capitalist contracts have been doled out by Republicans. The go-slowly approach is certainly a way to keep poor people out of NO....forever. At any rate, big insurance companies are certainly finding a way out of their pickle: they get the premiums for decades and leave the taxpayer holding the bag for the payouts. Now that's rightwing capitalism for you. See how well it works?