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| r u still down, james morrison (ii), laz alonso, zakk, culture: humor and satire, clarence williams iii, abortion, e cards, astronomy, christian slater, fresh yarn, wylde, free us code, 2 pac, there goes the neighborhood, music cd production, landgrant review, adam goldberg, insult, marissa ribisi, holocaust denial, mos def, gang related, | At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the eraser lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars. The federal governmen has, in short, demonstrated an utter lack of foresight. Bush was giving specious pro-war speeches and dodging Cindy Sheehan when he should have been helping local governments prepare. The governors of Louisiana and other affected states were reduced to begging the federal government eraser for aid. Under Clinton, they wouldn't have had to ask: Such aid eraser would have been understood as inevitable. Even Bush the elder immediately sent 25,000 troops to clean up after Hurrican Andrew. Bush the younger won't be able to spare half that amount of manpower. So why was I thinking of starting a movement against giving aid to the stricken areas? Because these are red states. |
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