"The White House knew [the levees broke] because the Army Corps of Engineers sent them photographs. Again, I want to emphasize that the White House had the photographs of the levees breaking, and didn’t tell state and local officials who had stopped the evacuation because the hurricane missed New Orleans. Everyone thought they dodged a bullet, but the White House didn’t tell anybody the levees broke and were drowning the city. — Greg Palast"
To any who thought that the idea of the Pretendedent strumming a guitar in San Diego while New Orleans went under was further examples of his criminal negligence, this story confirms that idea. And Palast confirms that it is even worse - that this racist, plutocratic administration was seeking to eliminate black people from New Orleans for the sake of divvy-ing up the spoils for its rich white cronies at pennies on the dollar.
"The 9th Ward looks worse than Berlin after the war because there’s hardly a building standing. And this was just filmed a couple months ago! This was filmed one year after the flood. In Indonesia, they have rebuilt after the tsunami. The only thing they are rebuilding here is a Disneyland on the Mississippi to recreate a new, white, conservative city.
And don’t forget, keeping African-Americans from coming back into New Orleans is amazing political gerrymandering. This is going to be crucial to keeping Louisiana in the Republican column in 2008. That’s really part of the story. - Greg Palast"
And don’t forget, keeping African-Americans from coming back into New Orleans is amazing political gerrymandering. This is going to be crucial to keeping Louisiana in the Republican column in 2008. That’s really part of the story. - Greg Palast"
Does this not qualify as "High Crimes And Misdemeanors" - the basis of impeachment from office?
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