I can’t stop reading, watching or listening about the aftermath of the hurricane. I still don’t know if my friends in New Orleans are alive or not. The rubble formally known as Mississippi is awful.
It’s now estimated that Katrina will cost insurers $9 billion and $16 billion. The cost of the federal effort has yet to be estimated. I’m sure it’s also in the billions.
Hey – sounds like Halliburton will be getting another no-bid contract!
I know, it sounds cynical in the wake of such human suffering. But Halliburton getting even more government hand outs – that’s The Big Easy.
My government has spent $200 billion (so far) to give ‘freedom’ to 27 million people in Iraq. Good thing there’s no poverty or infrastructure issues on the home front – because otherwise – that would look REALLY bad.