----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Katrina: Republican Political Tool (Are You Lonesome TonightEdition)
> On Sep 15, 2005, at 11:36 PM, Dave Land wrote: > >> That is to say, "Tonight, I will use the destruction of the Gulf >> Coast >> to cut taxes." > > It gets more interesting. Bush wants to temporarily suspend the laws > requiring contractors to pay prevailing wages to workers, thus > allowing them to be hired at cutthroat prices -- presumably so New > Orleans can once again be built on slave labor. > Or worse! In the 1840s, 40,000 Irish laborers died of yellow fever draining the swamps that are now a part of New Orleans because slaves were too valuable to waste. Irishmen were cheap and expendable. So working people could be worse than slaves. xponent Irish Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
