Comments on: Bush Sees "Better Days" For New Orleans

President Tells City "We're Still Paying Attention" On Katrina's Two-Year Anniversary

[micma-2009]

Bu$h had Halliburton on the ground in New Orleans with a fresh no-bid contract before he had the National Guard there to restore order and save lives.


Since then, the vast majority of the rebuilding money has been funneled out of New Orleans in no-bid contracts to Bu$h supporters and friends. The result is exactly like what we see in Iraq, huge amounts of money being spent, Bu$h''s friends getting filthy rich, but nothing being done.

[micma-2009]

Bu$h had Halliburton on the ground in New Orleans with a fresh no-bid contract before he had the National Guard there to restore order and save lives.


Since then, the vast majority of the rebuilding money has been funneled out of New Orleans in no-bid contracts to Bu$h supporters and friends. The result is exactly like what we see in Iraq, huge amounts of money being spent, Bu$h''''s friends getting filthy rich, but nothing being done.

[micma-2009]

infidel_us

I live here and have seen all of this first hand. You may be a loyal Republican and Bu$hy but you clearly don''t know what you are talking about. This is exactly what''s going on in Iraq. Bu$h and Republican connected firms are funneling off the money and nothing is getting done. Much of the city still looks like a bomb hit it. That any American can tolerate this while we spend billions to rebuild another country is unfathomable. There comes a time when we have to be Americans over Republicans. That time is now.

[afmca]

This is another national embarrassment. For the national Republicans that really don''t care - shame; for the local Democrats that permit this to continue - you''re accountable also. Bush is going there again and should be booed out of the state. Both parties are hypocritical and would rather do photo ops that actual reconstruction.

Well connected firms are making a bundle off tax payers and providing nothing in return. That seems to be the mantra of many American businesses today - profits with no responsibilityor accountability.

[starleo146]

Posted by ozilot at 08:58 AM : Aug 29, 2007

And Haley Barber is the Governor the biggest crook in the republican party. I wondered where he got to after that investigation of him. He ran the Republican club for Jesse Helms and they had to close it down.

[extremophil]

If everyone in New Orleans got a brand new house for free, they would whine about the floor boards creaking and the air conditioners running too cold.

[berniepeders]

Oh yeah, the government has "failed to help the people return"? You didn''t get the message the first time your city was flooded and you lost everything? You want to come back and wait for it to happen again? You gotta be kiddin'' me. The government should fill that hole in the ground in to AT LEAST sea level. Then rebuild if you want to. Jeez, I swear, if a person could only SELL common sense, he could become a millionaire overnight.

[micma-2009]

Instead of awarding contracts to local firms for the rebuilding, Bu$hco has given most of the money away in no-bid contracts to out of state firms with Bu$h/Republican connections. These firms take a hefty profit off the top and then sub-contract to second and even third parties to do actual work. For every $100 dollars spent, probably about $10 of it is actually used for rebuilding. Just like in Iraq, Bu$h''s friends are getting filth rich while nothing gets done.


Bu$h had Halliburton on the ground with a fresh multi-million dollar no-bid contract before he got the National Guard there to save lives.

[infidel_us]

The result is exactly like what we see in Iraq, a huge amounts of money being spent, Bu$h''''s friends getting rich, but nothing being done.
Posted by micma at 08:52 AM : Aug 29, 2007

Yeah, it''s the military industrial complex.....everyone with half a brain KNOWS Rove didn'' resign. He''s busy "keeping the man down" by getting your kids hooked on cigarettes so they can get rich off the collected taxes! :)

And they say The Twilight Zone was just a TV show!

[starleo146]

I just watched a segment on Katrina on the Early Show, and I tell you the American people are the kindest, most generous, in the world. I really feel Katrina was the most horrendous tragedy ever to hit us, and these people have suffered, the whole gulf coast has, even though they were promised money to help them re-build they haven''t received it yet--2 years later If not for the volunteers in this country who felt compeld to help these people New Orleans would be a swamp.The Levies were patched the trailers by Fema were killing people with this poisoning smell and money promised not yet arrived. We learned our government does not keep its word and without the American people these good people of New Orleans would still be waiting.

[berniepeders]

Boo hoo hoo...I feel SO sorry for the idiots who built their city BELOW SEA LEVEL in what was basically a swamp. Oh, I''m so SURPRISED, it filled up with water! My oh my, what shall we do? Let''s blame someone else, and snivel and hold our hands out for some government aid.

Anybody who built or bought a home in New Orleans got what they asked for. Tough noogies.

[infidel_us]

Where am I wrong?
Posted by perception5 at 08:51 AM : Aug 29, 2007

You''re not wrong. I''m from there and my folks still live there. They live in Jefferson Parish (not Orleans - thank God.) There''s so much going on in the way of corruption and incompetence....you''ll never know and AP/CBS will never report.

In all fairness, insurance companies aren''t helping. Most of the problems are due to insurance issues....."you had flood insurance, but your problem was caused by the wind. It blew your roof off and rain got in. Your house is ruined, but we''ll replace your roof or give you a check for half to settle."

That''s just not right.

[crater7]

IT''S NICE TO HEAR THAT REPUBLICANS CAN OFFER THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND MORALE SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO LOST EVERYTHING.

THE LOCAL LEADERS DID NOT ASK FOR THIS NATURAL DISASTER, NOR, DID THEY EXPECT THE LEVIES THAT WERE DESIGNED, BUILT, AND MAINTAINED BY THE FEDERAL GOV., TO FAIL.

THE REAL REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING IS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE DEM. OR POOR, BUT THE HELP THAT WERE PROMISED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, IS NOT GETTING TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT MOST.

IF YOU LOOK 60 MILES TO THE EAST, THE MISSISSIPPI, GULF COAST, IS GETTING THE HELP AND ARE RECOVERING AT A MUCH GREATER PACE. BUT OF COURSE, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT MISSISSIPPI IS A REPUBLICAN STATE. TRENT LOTT, AND HALEY BARBOUR, HMMMMMMMMMMM.

STAY THE COURSE

[micma-2009]

Bu$h had Halliburton on the ground in New Orleans with a fresh no-bid contract before he had the National Guard there to restore order and save lives. Since then, the vast majority of the rebuilding money has been funneled out of New Orleans in no-bid contracts to Bu$h supporters and friends. The result is exactly like what we see in Iraq, a huge amounts of money being spent, Bu$h''s friends getting rich, but nothing being done.

[perception5]

You don''''t hear Mississippi whining......
Posted by infidel_us at 08:47 AM : Aug 29, 2007

........That''s because Mississippi is run by Republicans who KNOW how to get things fix/done and completed for there folks. If not the people hold them, GOP, accountable. Not in New Orleans where the Dems re-elected the Mayor, Naygin, who left 1,000 Americans behind in the "days" before Katrina hit. Just the FACTs folks. Where am I wrong?

[myidoncbs]

perception5, you are out of your mind. It''s not the "wolfpack press" (what republican hack came up with that name, anyway?) that blames the president, it''s the people. Remember, Bush is the one who did nothing when he was told that a severe storm was headed towards N.O. that would probably breech the levees, causing severe destruction and loss of life. Bush is the one who completely ignored the problem after the levees broke. Then, Bush was the one who, two years ago, went to N.O., set up some lights for a photo-op press junket, announced that the US would begin the biggest clean up effort of all time, putting all of the resources of the US government to the task of rebuilding. Then Bush''s buddies sent down a few poison trailers for the "lucky" ones, and Bush gave a few no-bid contracts to Cheney''s people to do god-knows-what, and that was about it.

I don''t want to imply that the local government has been good, it hasn''t. But don''t try to shift blame away from the poster boy of the ignorant and incompetent, Gee Dubya.

PS: you might as well give up on this stupid class warfare campaign against the "liberal press". Everybody knows that virtually 100% of the press outlets are owned by "conservatives" and that the press only says what their masters command them to say. There is no "liberal press" in this country and ther never has been.

[infidel_us]

The lower 9th ward was a vision of devistation BEFORE Katrina hit. It''s NOT the federal gubment''s job to come in and clean up after incompetent LOCAL elected officials.

You don''t hear Mississippi whining......

[perception5]

What do you expect the Mayor is a Democrat and the Governor is a Democrat. That''''''''s why the poor people are suffering. It''''''''s called Social Justice...........DNC style. But don''''''''t worry our corrupt liberal wolfpack press will make sure our President takes the blame......as usual.
New Orleans, just another of America''''s "deep blue" one party city that is filled with lots of poverty, crime, drugs, and despair. If the voters of New Orleans don''''t hold their political leaders "accountable" and issue only "blank" checks at the voting booth, and don''''t insist on "timelines" nothing will move forward. Really sad and really TRUE.