[StBernard] Jr and MRGO

[Westley Annis]

Yeah, I'm not really sure I can disagree or argue with much of what he said.
At the time he spoke with us in Washington, a good year prior to Katrina, he
sounded sympathetic to our cause - he thanked us for being the "fuel basket"
of America, yatta yatta....but like most politicians, gave a good talk but
never did anything about it.

John 

-----Original Message-----
Now that's interesting John.  Here's a snippet of some of his comments
earlier:


A lot of people around here were mad at Craig at the time for dubbing New
Orleans "Baghdad on the Bayou" and opining, "Fraud is in the culture of
Iraqis. I believe that is true of the state of Louisiana as well." 
For anyone who missed his point, Craig added, "Louisiana and New Orleans are
the most corrupt governments in our country, and they always have been."
Government "dysfunction" increased the Katrina death toll, Craig told a town
hall meeting in Idaho, and provided this insight on our law enforcement: "A
rookie cop on the ground in New Orleans, they pay him or her $17,000
starting pay and then wink and say, 'You'd better make the rest of it on the
street.' " 
As for the Lower 9th, Craig said, "I'm not humorous when I suggest we should
turn it back to what it was, a wetland." Well, there was one thing we could
agree on. Craig wasn't being humorous at all. 



Jim