Comments on: Black Holes http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:42:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52388 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:29:12 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52388 <i>I wonder how you phrased the queation to Google.</i> I tried several different strings of keywords, NOT including "waste," "fraud," and "Byzantine." Do you have a point? I wonder how you phrased the queation to Google.

I tried several different strings of keywords, NOT including “waste,” “fraud,” and “Byzantine.” Do you have a point?

]]> by: scout prime http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52304 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:18:19 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52304 One other important point. The $107Billion is Allocated funds. We have not Spent $107B. At the one year anniversary only a little over 40% of that allocated had reached the Gulf coast and virtually all of that went to contractors. In terms of waste and fraud they've focused on individuals and not the big contracts....perhaps the New Congress will take the latter up. One other important point. The $107Billion is Allocated funds. We have not Spent $107B. At the one year anniversary only a little over 40% of that allocated had reached the Gulf coast and virtually all of that went to contractors.

In terms of waste and fraud they’ve focused on individuals and not the big contracts….perhaps the New Congress will take the latter up.

]]> by: scout prime http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52277 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:16:53 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52277 Sorry about that link above http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php? name=News&#38;file=article&#38;sid=7510 Sorry about that link above

http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php?
name=News&file=article&sid=7510

]]> by: scout prime http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52276 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:15:46 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52276 A September GAO report found there is no tracking mechanism for the $88 billion in Katrina/Rita supplemental funds. Link ....http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php?name=News&#38;file=article&#38;sid=7510 Keep in mind they get to that $107B figure by including the flood insuance program which folks in NOLA do not take kindly to having paid premiums for such for years. A September GAO report found there is no tracking mechanism for the $88 billion in Katrina/Rita supplemental funds.
Link ….http://www.first-draft.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7510

Keep in mind they get to that $107B figure by including the flood insuance program which folks in NOLA do not take kindly to having paid premiums for such for years.

]]> by: Seattle Man http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52259 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:16:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52259 "If you google for information on what has happened to that money..." I wonder how you phrased the queation to Google. “If you google for information on what has happened to that money…”

I wonder how you phrased the queation to Google.

]]> by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52243 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:17:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52243 The Republican pattern is probably true here. "Relief" efforts were designed not to help victims, but to spread money among favored contractors who will pay back Republican candidates in the form of campaign contributions. My info may be dated, but the last I heard, Katrina Relief was a Rove project. The cutoff of assistance to actual victims fits right in; these folks are hardly likely to contribute to Republican candidates (or vote for Republicans) so they are undeserving of help. Answer: expose in public hearings the extent of the corruption. How much have we paid for how little help and why is the effort so ineffective? The Republican pattern is probably true here. “Relief” efforts were designed not to help victims, but to spread money among favored contractors who will pay back Republican candidates in the form of campaign contributions. My info may be dated, but the last I heard, Katrina Relief was a Rove project. The cutoff of assistance to actual victims fits right in; these folks are hardly likely to contribute to Republican candidates (or vote for Republicans) so they are undeserving of help. Answer: expose in public hearings the extent of the corruption. How much have we paid for how little help and why is the effort so ineffective?

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52213 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:01:37 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/11/30/black-holes/#comment-52213 I bet Trent Lott got his generous portion of recovery funds. I wonder how his new front porch is looking? I bet Trent Lott got his generous portion of recovery funds. I wonder how his new front porch is looking?

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