Oh and he is very hesitant to postpone the tax break to the ultra wealthy that was to go into effect in January.

By the way, Curt, I thank you for all of your support, but I have to say that on a post in another blog, where you say comparing this disaster to Andrew's flogging of Florida. Raid, you make a calm, heartfelt and honourable defence for Al. The cash went to the end the inheritance tax, that special program to give every millionaire's son another million. Insurance, by definition, is viable based upon the theory of "the law of large numbers". The whole world saw the poor response, the terrible conditions, and the either incompetence or indifference to the plight of those caught by the storm. More than 100 companies are under investigation for options backdating, and scores of them are still conducting internal probes. Looks like the Bush family did not refuse to make a profit from war even back then. Don't confuse him with facts, it won't do any good. What we are witnessing is the Fruits of the Multinational Corporation, NAFTA, Offshoring and Outsourcing.

From planning for the emergency to insuring the infrastructure was up to snuff, the local authorities dropped the ball allowing this to snowball into what it is now. Looks like I better have a Plan B and not totally depend on my insurance carrier if a hurricane comes this way. Once the huricaine made land fall you can forget emergency response. Pete, why does it have to be one or the other? Bush is *BOTH*. You want their lives to be as normal as possible, but normal doesn't exist anymore. Those of you affected should remember that a lot of these insurance adjusters are minimally trained during a weekend seminar, and their job is to give you as little as they can get away with. Not fired that would be admitting Bush was wrong after saying what a great job he's doing, but relieved of his duties in LA.

And if I bring up the race of the kids with the low score, don't get all snippy with me, telling me your program is color blind. The commentary of respondents to this article is something I truly appreciate. The majority of Americans know something went very wrong. Will you be hit by fire, water, tornado, mud slides, hurricanes. Bush wanted to know why in the world he would do that. In addition, food and water had also been stored before the storm at the Louisiana Superdome and other shelters, Mayeaux said. The bottom line is, Bush is the top man, it is utimately his responsibility.