And so it starts

Damn environmentalists get in the way of bidness, so let’s eliminate the rules when reconstructing New Orleans. The Environmental Protection Agency could suspend any law governing air, water or land in responding to Hurricane Katrina under a measure introduced Thursday by the chairman of the Senate environment committee. [snip] Mr. Holbrook added, “As Administrator Johnson …

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Teapot Dome was a molehill

Karl Rove in charge of reconstruction? If you thought graft and patronage for Republican contributors was out of control in Iraq, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Update: Paul Krugman agrees with me. What a surprise. And to date the Bush administration, which has no stake in showing that good government is possible, has been averse …

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