Katrina Coverage

No, not as long as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Howard Dean, and the rest of the Democrats are in charge the looting will continue. However, in "Hurricane looting not over yet", the Right Rev is concerned with the more Republican form of looting:
…Already Halliburton is on hand with a no-bid contract for reconstruction.
Actually, I think […]

U.S. Reps. Tom Davis and Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Chertoff concerning a contract FEMA made with Innovative Emergency Management, Inc. (IEM).
IEM was to conduct a three-stage "Southeastern Louisiana Catastrophic Hurricane Plan", and those fine - albeit very "liberal" want the missing two stages of the plan. The first stage is the now-infamous […]

Remember 1995's Chicago Heat Wave? As discussed here, that didn't receive federal attention. At the time, Bill Clinton was president and James Lee Witt (bio) was head of FEMA. More on the latter in subsequent posts. For a preview, see this thread.

From "In Storm's Ruins, a Rush to Rebuild and Reopen for Business":
Private contractors, guided by two former directors of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other well-connected lobbyists and consultants, are rushing to cash in on the unprecedented sums to be spent on Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction.
From global engineering and construction firms like the […]