Even beyond the icons of New York that Maha mentioned, there are the NY docks that provide for importing and exporting supplies, products, etc., which is very important to our capitalistic system. New Orleans was the fifth largest port, yet this administration let it be destroyed because New Orleans is mostly Democratic and mostly black and poor. It is so amazing that these capitalist pigs are too stupid to know what is really in the interest of capitalism.

I received my 30-year pin, effective June 30, 2007, for my Federal Government service. This last Friday, I had some physical problems that caused me to not arrive at work in the morning; but, I told my supervisor, I hoped to be in by 2 p.m. Because it was timecard day, I put in my leave for the morning. Other extenuating circumstances (the perfect storm of Murphy’s Law) prevented me from getting in for the afternoon. I called my supervisor shortly after 2 p.m. and explained all the problems I had encountered. She asked me to put the request for the final 4 hours of leave I would be using; and I told her that I was in the process of doing that. The electronic system we use just plain would not let me put that four hours in the system. It gave me a message saying it was more hours than my tour of duty (crazy) despite my attempt to vary the number of hours. I called her back and explained these problems, which was not the first time this has occurred. She decided to threaten me with not approving my timecard (which, of course, would mean I wouldn’t get paid) because it wasn’t true and it would be fraud, waste, and abuse. Never mind that before this system was in place, the previous system required all timecards to be in two days before the end of the pay period; thus, were often wrong if an employee got sick for those last two days. Sorry to make this so long; but, it shows how much the idiocy of these incompetent Republicans permeates the Federal Government these past years under this corrupt Republican administration. I am often subjected to this kind of crap because I am a prominent official in the agency labor union. I plan to retire next year because I do not wish to wait until 2009 for things to get better. I am too old and too tired and have no patience dealing with people who are destroying America.

Read the post again, then, because I think you missed a few things.

The most critical question is how much did politics impact grant allocation? If the political wing of the White House did, in fact, meddle in grant allocation in an attempt to swing elections, then we have crossed a line.
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And to this I say it’s time to re-visit grants made by the Department
of Homeland Security, especially in election years 2004 and 2006. And don’t forget all those Faith-Based Initiatives.

In light of what was presented in this writing, it appears that what was done was good old politics. On steroids, mind you, but nothing I haven’t seen for the 35 or so years of my politically-aware life.

As for the upside-down money distribution, it appears to be mostly a matter of some political favors mixed with a huge dollop of economies of scale. Again, well-done, but nothing out of political normalcy for either party.

But, hey, what do I know. It certainly bears close watching (something “conservatives” don’t seem to want to do, even of their opponents).

I was hoping for more of a smoking gun, but from what I see, it may not be there in blatant-enough form for practical purposes…