The Neocon Press
THE GREED OF ALL GREED. They certainly do recognize a bargain when they see one. As this rag states "The Lucky Ones." You know I can imagine buying up property if I could afford it in New Orleans. But it wouldn't be self-serving. Instead it would be to protect the former property owners and/or their descendants with great hope of meeting them and giving them back what they had lost. Allowing them to pick up and start over in the place they called home. But this? Dear God. This is Chirstian. Opportunism? I see. I guess where Federal Dollars are rolling in like water proud evangelicals are standing at the watering trough, toxic or not.
Katrina resettling Gulf Coast
By Sara B. Miller and Amanda Paulson Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
BATON ROUGE, LA. – It was their dream home. What Cendy Crownover called her "little dollhouse."
But last weekend, she and her husband Kelly put away thoughts of their lovingly remodeled crown molding and oak flooring, now submerged, so they could start anew: with a realtor 80 miles away, in Baton Rouge.
"It's going to be a tough two years," says Ms. Crownover, estimating the time it might take to rebuild their house, which sat just 11 blocks from the breached levee in New Orleans's Lakeview district.
The Crownovers are joining a real estate frenzy that has hit Baton Rouge and beyond - a flurry of down payments, all-cash home sales, and contracts signed before the house is seen. Yet in many ways, these are the lucky ones. More than 100,000 evacuees are still displaced in shelters throughout the region. Others are crowding in with families and strangers, some sharing one bathroom with 20 others.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0906/p01s04-usec.html
POLITICAL SKILL. I see. A president needs political skill in the face of the deaths of thousands of citizens. It would be nice to try coming up with policies with fiscal responsibilities for a change. You know. Something Moral. When one combines the two articles you begin to understand their desperate nature to keep a blood sucker in the Oval Office.
For Bush, a test of political skill
Moods have risen a bit, but Bush is under pressure on many fronts.
By Linda Feldmann Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON – Four years ago, when George W. Bush emerged from the 9/11 attacks with sky-high marks for decisiveness and leadership, he accumulated a reserve of political capital that saw him through reelection.
Now, nearly nine months into his second term, President Bush faces perhaps the most profound test of executive and political skill of his life. One week after hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, wreaking unfathomable devastation, his administration is still scrambling to make up for a delayed initial response that faced broad, bipartisan criticism. Americans are reeling over gasoline prices, and remain skeptical over the course of the Iraq war. Plans for a bold second-term agenda - including Social Security reform and tax reform - sit in doubt.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0906/p01s01-uspo.html
