Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Three Years After Katrina

Yup, TRILLIONS for OCCUPATIONS and BILLIONS for BANKS, and BILLIONS for Israel.

And they want the public, whose homes were destroyed, to be
giving money back!

Pfffffffttt!


"Big Plans Are Slow to Bear Fruit in New Orleans"

".... There has been nothing to signal a transformation in the sea of blight and abandonment that still defines much of the city. Weary and bewildered residents, forced to bring back the hard-hit city on their own, have searched the plan’s 17 “target recovery zones” for any sign that the city’s promises should not be consigned to the municipal filing cabinet, along with their predecessors. On their one-year anniversary, the designated “zones” have hardly budged....

The city official in charge of the recovery effort, Edward J. Blakely, said the public’s frustration was understandable, but he suggested that bureaucratic hurdles had made moving faster impossible. Mr. Blakely said crucial federal money had only recently become available..."

It's been THREE-FUCKING YEARS!!!!

All that fed money went for the WARS, didn't it?

Has there been an account Bush hasn't looted for these damnable, abominable, atrocious occupations?