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turbo_satan Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:48 AM
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A sinister explanation for what we're seeing in NO?
Many have argued (e.g., Paul Krugman) that much of the Bush administration's behavior is motivated by the desire to demonstrate to the American people that the Federal government is very bad at what it does (viz. Social Security) and that services are performed better when they are executed by the private sector.

Might the chaos in New Orleans be a manifestation of the above modus operandi? Or is our leadership merely criminally incompetent? Or is it a combination of the two?
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:51 AM
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1. I have to say the repsonse is really bad.
I think you would seriously have to try to fuck it up this badly. How hard could it be to get some water trucks and a few airdrops of food?
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LunaSea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:51 AM
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2. My wife just said the same thing a minute ago...
damn.
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LunaSea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:52 AM
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3. delete
Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 11:52 AM by LunaSea
dupe
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:53 AM
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4. add Racism to the mix

the people being shipped to Houston will probably end up in corp. housing with a low paying job.

don't even want to think what will happen to the women and children
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 11:54 AM
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5. it's planned alright... it's greed and power and not good for people
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