I could tell horror stories.
Everyone down there will pile on the gravy train. Large sums of money will be spent without any documentation. Leadership jobs will be handed out to family members and friends. People with zero skills will be in charge of major projects and huge sums of money. The waste will be enormous.
Right now, they're poisoning the well to provide themselves cover for all of this. The Louisiana political machine needs to be unseated NOW.
we need a southerner to head up thie reconstruction effort - I nominate Zell Miller. he will clean out this mess.
but I don't know the legal means by which Bush can essentially "federalize" New Orleans, how do we remove the state and local officials from the food chain?