Make it 101 hours, then we'll talk.

So Nancy Pelosi is supposed to be a friend of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast.

Show me proof, dammit.

Here's the "100 hours" list of things that the Democratic legislature will supposedly do:

In the first 100 hours:

We will start by cleaning up Congress, breaking the link between lobbyists and legislation and commit to pay-as-you-go, no new deficit spending.

We will make our nation safer and we will begin by implementing the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission.

We will make our economy fairer, and we will begin by raising the minimum wage. We will not pass a pay raise for Congress until there is an increase in the minimum wage.

We will make health care more affordable for all Americans, and we will begin by fixing the Medicare prescription drug program, putting seniors first by negotiating lower drug prices. We will also promote stem cell research to offer real hope to the millions of American families who suffer from devastating diseases.

We will broaden college opportunity, and we will begin by cutting interest rates for student loans in half.

We will energize America by achieving energy independence, and we will begin by rolling back the multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil.

We will guarantee a dignified retirement, and we will begin by fighting any attempt to privatize Social Security.

We will introduce this legislation on the first day of the new Congress, we will pass it within the first 100 legislative hours. This new direction represents the priorities of a unified Democratic Party. This is our pledge to the American people.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? WE ARE FUCKING AMERICANS TOO, DAMMIT!!!

Why don't you look at what Ray says are the top 10 priorities down here, dammit?

1. Katrina
2. Katrina
3. Katrina
4. Katrina
5. Katrina
6. Corruption
7. Katrina
8. Maybe a little about Iraq, especially in how it relates to Katrina
9. Katrina
10. A 30-way tie for last, including most everything important to the rest of the country, plus Katrina, minus stem cells (we don't even have doctors).

So how about some promises for levees, floodwalls, and wetlands? How about some promises of oil lease money coming back here? Katrina and the Gulf Coast are obvious by their absence. Howzabout you spend a little more time, and give us some protection, fuckmooks.

Am I going to have to bring back pictures of incompetence and despair? Not as seen on TV, remember? The Saints didn't come.

What about that Marshall Plan for the Gulf Coast? WHAT ABOUT US, DAMMIT?

SINN bleeping FEIN!

Oh, btw, if you could, Nancy, let me refinance MY student loans at half interest, where I'm locked in at 8%.

Comments

[TM]

I don't think anyone is listening.

[oyster]

For the record, here's a quote from a TP story in September:

Bills to help Katrina-stricken Gulf Coast residents by streamlining the insurance-claims process, making more affordable housing available, restoring coastal wetlands and giving states a bigger share of royalties on oil and gas produced off their coastlines will be among the first measures to be proposed if the Democrats take control of Congress in the November elections, members of that party's House caucus said Wednesday in New Orleans.

"Within the first 100 hours of the new Congress, you will see those things introduced," Caucus Chairman James Clyburn of South Carolina said at a news conference.
...
The briefing came at the end of a three-day trip that 25 House Democrats -- including their leader, Nancy Pelosi of California -- made at their own expense on the first anniversary of Katrina's assault to inspect the damage the storm inflicted on Louisiana and Mississippi.

"We were on hallowed ground, where people have lost their homes and their hearts," Pelosi said at a caucus breakfast. "This visit has convinced us that we need to do more."

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http://righthandthief.blogspot.com/2006/09/i-was-afraid-of-this.html

[ashley Morris]

I know, Mr. Bivalve. My question is, why the hell can't I find that on their list???

[GentillyGirl]

They will deliver, and if they don't, they're just Repugs in donkey suits.

[saintseester]

I've written a note to Bud Cramer (our rep) reminding him that LA is significant segment of these united states. We'll see what he responds with.

[BushHasDamnedUs]

Here's an idea for you. . .

In the face of the predictions of what the weather is going to be in the years to come, of the staggering incompetence of the government at all levels and huge costs involved, it is the height of stupidity to rebuild that city. It would be far cheaper to walk away from any part of that town that saw more than a few inches of water during Katrina.

This is an unparalleled chance to fix a problem that will cost us trillions in the future unless we think smart today. The houses are gone and most of the land is too polluted to build on without extensive rehab. Cut the owners a check, knock down the levees and walk away. Concentrate your resources on the seaport and the areas that didn't flood during the hurricane. This should be the standard along the entire coast of this country.

Stay if you like, but do it on your own dime. That includes jacking my insurance to pay for your stupidity. Stay at your own risk, NOT MINE.

[ashley]

Hey fuckmook, where will your gas and seafood come from? Did you abandon NYC after 9/11? Fuck off and die, and I mean that literally.