[cia-drugs] Broken Promises - Paul Krugman looks at the rebuilding effort in New Orleans & more

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     Broken Promises - Paul Krugman looks at the rebuilding effort in New Orleans & more  by PAUL KRUGMAN - The New York Times Monday Aug 28th, 2006   Krugman: Rebuilding - In America as in Iraq, reconstruction delayed is reconstruction denied — and President Bush has, once again, broken a promise. - Plus: From the 'Wash Post' - Justice Department Not Seeking 9/11 Charges Against Osama Bin Laden and more  OP-ED COLUMNIST Broken Promises By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: August 28, 2006 Last September President Bush stood in New Orleans, where the lights had just come on for the first time since Katrina struck, and promised "one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever
 seen." Then he left, and the lights went out again. What happened next was a replay of what happened after Mr. Bush asked Congress to allocate $18 billion for Iraqi reconstruction. In the months that followed, congressmen who visited Iraq returned with glowing accounts of all the wonderful things we were doing there, like repainting schools and, um, repainting schools. But when the Coalition Provisional Authority ... closed up shop nine months later, it turned out that only 2 percent of the $18 billion had been spent, and only a handful of the projects ... had even been started. In the end, America failed to deliver even the most basic repair of Iraq's infrastructure... And so it is along our own Gulf Coast. The Bush ... plans a public relations blitz to persuade America that it's doing a heck of a job aiding Katrina's victims. But ... so far the administration has done almost nothing to make good on last year's promises. ... Continued: http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11770418.html Whistleblowers: Senator Hillary Clinton Unprincipled http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11769448.html Justice Department Not Seeking 9/11 Charges Against Osama Bin Laden http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11769288.html Dozens killed in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/11768703.html And More on Today's Newswire http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/2006/08/28/          
                                     MARC PARENT   CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS  http://mparent7777.livejournal.com/   http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/14409  http://www.dailykos.com/user/ccnwon           
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