Donated relief turned away;
Halliburton wins clean-up contract
WASHINGTON, D.C.--If anyone had any doubt of the deep corruption and criminality of the Bush administration, your blogstress suggests that the reader consider this series of news stories in combination: Red Cross Turned Away from New Orleans FEMA turns back water trucks, diesel fuel; cuts emergency communications lines, says Jefferson Parish president Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director Houston Finds Business Boon After Katrina Brown pushed from last job: Horse group: FEMA chief had to be `asked to resign' Via Evan Derkacz at AlterNet’s blogs , we learn of the American Red Cross being turned away from the devastated birthplace of jazz, a city awash in bodies, water-borne disease and stranded people still clinging to life. Here, direct from the Red Cross’s own Web site, we find this under the headline, Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? * Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we ...