Author: Rick B2

Rove to run reconstruction

Karl Rove has been put in charge of the reconstruction effort for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Karl Rove operates everything as political patronage. This from Josh Marshall. Graft and corruption can be expected to run amok....

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Early postmortem on Katrina in New Orleans

This morning we have a series of post-mortem articles in the MSM on the Katrina disaster in New Orleans. None of the articles discusses the rest of the Gulf Coast.   What they tell is a story of local officials quickly...

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Good government versus Republican government

I have heard a lot of self-serving Republican excuses for the failure of federal government response to Hurricane Katrina. Many of them start with the statement “No one could have foreseen…” Pure defensive...

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An indictment of incompetence

Three  critical things are totally lacking. First, there is no single central command center. Second there is no communications system. Third, there is no public information program. FEMA should have established an...

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