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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 12:29 AM
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Reid says administration neglecting cities
WASHINGTON -- Cities are at risk because the Bush administration is too preoccupied with its political problems to properly prepare for another natural disaster or terrorist attack, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told mayors from around the country Friday.

"Any one of your cities and towns could be the next New Orleans," Reid said at a meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. "The federal government owes it to you and your citizens to be prepared the next time disaster strikes."

The Nevada lawmaker said efforts to find out what went wrong after Hurricane Katrina illustrate how the administration's priorities are wrong.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Democrats_Mayors.html
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raysr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 02:14 AM
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1. He'll apologize tommorrow.
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gizmo1979 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 09:44 AM
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2. The only thing Bush isn't neglecting
is the rich.
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 10:12 AM
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3. the bush administration will remain mired in political problems until the
end of time. he's created a nightmare for his clan, and the US will punish his family until the last of them are born, raised, and have died.
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-28-06 11:03 AM
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4. our little city bent over backwards for Dick ass Cheney during the
election, he landed here with a hugh jet and military tanker. Today our airport is on the verge of bankruptcy ...
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