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Saturday, September 24, 2005
Crony Waiting in the Wings
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ast week's letter by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) regarding President Bush's suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act [see September 19 entry below] is right on the proverbial money. The president's proposed "Gulf Opportunity Zone" appears to consist solely of "incentives" for businesses, and these businesses, such as Halliburton, are literally encouraged to underpay hard-working Americans whose livelihoods have been disrupted or destroyed.
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s the president shows working Americans the back of his hand(out), he continues to appoint unqualified people to important positions. The latest is Julie Myers, a niece of Gen. Richard B. Myers, whom Bush tapped to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Like FEMA, ICE is part of the Department of Homeland Security, entrusted with our border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security. Yet Ms. Myers, who recently married the chief of staff for Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, has little experience in organization management, in immigration law, or in security.
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resident Bush, blinded by entitlement, cronyism and a mean-spirited ideology, refuses to learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. People suffer and we remain far less secure than we should be.
Posted by fm on September 24, 2005 at 12:39 AM