 Two years to the day after the devastation of hurricane Katrina displaced some 600,000 people, more than 160,000 remain displaced, with some 60,000 still living in FEMA trailers, awaiting the chance to go home. Two years have brought little relief to the people of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, while Mississippi has received outsized benefits for its connected former GOP lobbyist governor, Haley Barbour, he of the floating casinos... The storm that unmade George W. Bush's presidency (you know the saying: "9/11 changed everything... Katrina changed it back...") continues to haunt him, even as he returned to the scene of the crime today to try and sound compassionate. "New Orleans is comin' back!" Bushie declared, then he explained why he and Laura have a better perspective on the situation than the residents of that devastated city, because he and the missus don't get down there much. No, seriously, he said that... and then he went to another charter school.
Man, for a guy who can't read...
Anyway, the Institute for Southern Studies has the grim facts on the failures of reconstructin, despite a $116 billion outlay for rebuilding. Of that total, only 30% has been attached to real projects, and of that, only have has been spent, including $7 bilion on "administrative costs." Pathetic. Labels: compassionate conservatives, Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, worst president ever |
