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Confederacy of Dunces USA

Welcome to the confederacy of dunces usa. This blog is inspired by the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast USA and named after the novel A Confederacy of Dunces by New Orleans native John Kennedy Toole. Certainly the disaster response efforts have been led by the dunces....

Friday, February 17, 2006

It's All About the Oil

On Wednesday the Dunce in Chief's Katrina czar announced a $4.2 billion package for housing relief for property owners. Does anyone else see the government's agenda in the timeline leading up to this?

Last week the White House rejected the Baker Bill (for some reason effectively killing it). In response Governer Blanco threatened to block the upcoming sale of oil leases off the Louisiana coast. With amazing speed the administration came up with this alternative to the Baker Bill. Coincidence? I think not.

Of course no one will ever admit to it. So Blanco just needs to hold the oil issue over Bush to get whatever she wants.

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