Post-Katrina Foreign Aid Refused, Wasted.

This just burns my biscuits. Like so many others in this country I’d like to believe (or pretend) that all is well in the Post-Katrina Gulf area, ah but the hits just keep on comin’ folks.

This rumor began almost immediately after the storm but now through the FOIA, CREW has uncovered the extent to which the Bush administration delayed, refused, and failed to collect foreign aid pledged after Katrina. We’re talking about allies here, folks – Canada, Britain, Israel, Greece and Italy. CREW executive director Melanie Sloan said, "It's clear that they're trying to hide their ineptitude, incompetence and malfeasance.” [She uses such big words to describe such little people.] How much more will be uncovered as more bodies are still being discovered throughout the city of New Orleans?

From Washington Post:

Allies offered $854 million in cash and in oil that was to be sold for cash. But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction, according to U.S. officials and contractors. Most of the aid went uncollected, including $400 million worth of oil. Some offers were withdrawn or redirected to private groups such as the Red Cross. The rest has been delayed by red tape and bureaucratic limits on how it can be spent.

In addition, valuable supplies and services -- such as cell phone systems, medicine and cruise ships -- were delayed or declined because the government could not handle them. In some cases, supplies were wasted.

Read the whole thing, it’s worth it. Again I ask, Why isn't "Brownie" in prison? He admitted lying throughout the whole disaster in an interview I posted HERE.

More later.

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