Friday, September 16, 2005

Trickle-Down Cronyism

ResurrectingTheVoodoo
JuicedUpReaganomicsVille



Sure, Mr. Brown may not have been qualified to run FEMA, but at least he knew something about something - maybe.

But get a load of this......

"WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - President Bush is to pledge in an address to the nation from New Orleans on Thursday night that the federal government will provide housing assistance to victims of Hurricane Katrina and also help reimburse the states for costs they have absorbed in taking in evacuees, a White House official said Wednesday......

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....Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, was in charge of the reconstruction effort, which reaches across many agencies of government and includes the direct involvement of Alphonso R. Jackson, secretary of housing and urban development."


Did we miss something here?

When exactly did it become possible to use the Great Rovian Spin-Machine to turn water into wine? or food? or medicine? or new buildings? or schools? or highways? or anything of any substance whatsoever?

And as for the CronyCorps Brigade that will be paid cost plus to do the 'hard work', it appears that they have been given carte blanche(dubois?) to pay the folks they hire to do the actual work a less than decent wage.

" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush issued an executive order Thursday (Sept 8/05) allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage."

Do these people have no shame?

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