Archive for the 'Bush' Category

Maybe we have some political leadership in the City of New Orleans after all.

Will Bush repeat Katrina failures in Minneapolis?
In a visit to the collapsed bridge in Minneapolis yesterday, President Bush vowed to aid in reconstruction efforts. But the AP reports that “[n]early two years ago, with parts of New Orleans still under water after Hurricane Katrina, Bush made similar declarations in the French Quarter, promising that the [...]

And tonight I also offer this pledge of the American people: Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives. And all who question the future of the Crescent City need to know: There [...]

from TPMMuckraker.com
The I-Team has learned that since 2003…the criminal section within the Civil Rights Division has not hired a single black attorney to replace those who have left. Not one.
As a result, the current face of civil rights prosecutions looks like this: Out of fifty attorneys in the Criminal Section – only two are black. [...]

Ruh-Ro

…Is what Scooby Doo might be saying if he was in New Orleans reading today’s New York Times article about the Army’ Corps’ continuingly flawed levees.
My rage at the federal government is only further elevated by the Bush administration’s politicization of an issue as important as flood protection, as noted in an editorial in today’s [...]