Tancredo: Block Aid to Louisiana Politicians

[AlphaCentauri]

WASHINGTON, DC. - Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) wrote a letter to Speaker Hastert, urging him to direct federal hurricane relief aid through channels other than Louisiana public officials. Citing incompetence and a history of corruption, Tancredo said a bipartisan select committee of the House should administer the aid and provide accountability for the $52 billion requested. The letter is reprinted below:

Dear Mr. Speaker,

Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, I hope the House will refrain from directly appropriating any funds from the public treasury to either the state of Louisiana or the city of New Orleans. Instead, reconstruction and relief funds dedicated to the people of New Orleans should be administered by a private organization or a select committee similar to the historic Truman Commission.

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http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=4938

[bribri16]

1. Yeah, like give it to Halliburton, we know they are free of corruption

and so is this administration!

[applegrove]

2. Every penny that doesn't go through FEMA - may find its way to

some small business, and not a big one.

Why would FEMA want competition in contracts?

The neocons are not about free market. They only harp on that when it works in their favor.

[Lindsay]

3. God forbid a brown person might touch your precious money,

eh, Mr. Tancredo.

Racist monster.

[Lecky]

26. He is a racist monster

Doesn't hide it very well either...

[Sullivan 4 Congress]

4. A sick, twisted fool

No mention of Brown.
No mention of Chertoff.

The next time this guy comes to NH to rally his little band of bigots, we need to make sure he is forced to account for his twisted statements.

[KamaAina]

5. KamaAina: Block Oxygen Supply to Tancredo

Whoa nellie! I can't wait to see next week's Top Ten (or Twenty or Thirty).

should be administered by a private organization or a select committee similar to the historic Truman Commission.

A private organization?! Like what? Halliburton? Or (since Tan-crud-o is in CO) Focus on the Family, perhaps?

:grr: :banghead:

[Hawkeye-X]

17. Tancredo's an embrassement here in CO

Can't wait to help the people vote him out next year.

We've got a couple of strong candidates that are being fielded against the xenophobic racist.

[Joebert]

6. Colorado does us proud again

There's something in the water here.

Glad I use a serious water filter.

[Totally Committed]

7. This is the guy that wanted Bush to say he'd nuke

holy sites in Iran a few weeks back.

"Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO): He puts the NUT back in 'Wingnut'"

TC

[DBoon]

8. Tancredo is forgetting to take his medications

A few days off meds and look what happens.

[KamaAina]

9. Actually I think he's huffing model airplane glue

or he could be tweaking meth. He really could. What an ass.

[ignatius 2]

10. Good Christ, if anyone should know about corruption it is the repug

administration in power right now. They and the Bush mafia family wrote the fucking book on corruption!!

[TomInTib]

11. If we are not to send money to incompetent, corrupt gov'ts. does

this mean that we don't have to pay federal taxes?

[donheld]

12. Tancredo is an idiot

This is proof positive of that.

[krkaufman]

13. Change a few words and his letter could apply to Iraq reconstruction

[anotherdrew]

14. Tom Tancredo, all american scum.

yep, we're just about ready for civil war 2

[Gloria]

15. Is this really America??? It's come to this??? Believe me,

it's not just Tancredo. They've already gone on the record saying MS would get first dibs for $$$

[Sullivan 4 Congress]

16. Two things to note

There are a couple of things to notice in Tancredo's letter.

First, he rattles off a list of indicted and convicted officials. What he fails to mention is that most of the individuals referenced are not from Orleans Parish.

Second, and more damning, is the fact that Tancredo singles out the State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans. Tancredo does not have a problem with aid being sent directly to Jefferson Parish (Metairie, Kenner) or to St. Tammany Parish (Slidell, Covington), the two large, overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly Republican suburban parishes. This despite the fact that both parishes have long standing problems with corruption that are at least as severe as those in Orleans proper.

Strip the veneer off of Rep. Tancredo's words and we are left with a racist screed worthy of a certain former resident of Louisiana named Duke.

[IndianaGreen]

18. The GOP should be declared a criminal enterprise

and its members should be hauled off to Guantanamo as enemies of the American people, their property expropriated and distributed to the poor. A socialist government would do just that!

[iamjoy]

19. Can We Have Another Conservative Idiot Nomination

please.

[GoldenOldie]

20. The same a....holes that failed to ask questions on the $9.8 billion?

$9.8 billion handed out by Heritage jrs in Iraq...just went down the rat hole....nobody cares, nobody accountable. Why even elect these imcompetant clowns to Congress and the Senate. Congress does zilch to represent We The People nor act as oversight for the losses of Halliburton, etc. Cut out the middle man and just have the Republican or should I say whoever the BFEE sets up as POTUS do whatever they want to WE THE PEOPLE.

These jokers don't even read what is placed in front of them. If Rove says sign, they do not hesitate to sign.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

21. And we have DU'ers who support this bastard for his anti-mexican racism

[Angry Girl]

22. >>> BLANCO'S LOUISIANA DISASTER RECOVERY FOUNDATION

Probably the BEST place to send your Hurrican Katrina donations to is the

Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation

It was founded by the Governor of Louisiana to protect the state's independence from the federal government.

Read more about it here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4627048


Nightweed's Hurricane Katrina Aid Organizations

[OzarkDem]

23. Better to invest the money in coins and beanie babies.

Like the Ohio GOP.

[moobu2]

25. lol

[moobu2]

24. Tancredo wants more control over who gets the money

You know the Republicans are drooling at the prospect that they might get to use the relief money as a political leverage. Paying off supporters, Letting Churches get their hands on it to evangelize while they distribute aid or whatever and to make them a more powerful force politically or just paying off whistleblowers. They just want more control to use the money to benefit them like they always do. The only compassion a compassionate conservative has is towards themselves.