"Republican policy of 'pork before people' takes a terrible toll"

[Rowdyboy]

"Plaquemine, La. // Toxic floodwaters are draining into Lake Pontchartrain, enabling rescue workers to recover New Orleans' dead. Millions of Americans watch with horror, and wonder how could this have happened in the richest country on earth.

At the same time, an unneeded $231 million bridge to a sparsely inhabited part of Alaska is to be built.

Yes, there is a connection.

The bridge stands as a monument to a corrupt Washington culture - a culture that has mismanaged and plundered our nation's treasury. The exact culture that allowed Hurricane Katrina to wreak more destruction than it ever should have. A corrupt culture that has cost this nation hundreds of billions of dollars in rebuilding costs. It has cost us a city, a flourishing cultural center, and it has cost us lives"

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.pork22sep22,1,2990747.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true

This opinion piece really tells it like it is. Bravo for the truth!

[Joyce78]

1. I see a lot of pork

It looks like a lot of Republican pigs.

[tabasco]

2. The whole world is watching.

My girlfriend is in Germany and tells me the Germans are shocked this could happen in the USA. Disgraceful.

[crispini]

3. amen

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